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MINUTES 


OF  THE 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD 


OF   THE 


CITY  OFiNEW  YORK 


JULY     i  8,    i  849, 


TO 


APRIL     9,     1870. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    WATER    SUPPLY, 

GAS    AND    ELECTRICITY. 

July   i,   1903 


NEW    YORK: 

MAIL    AND    EXPRESS    COMPANY, 
203    BROADWAY. 

1903. 


MINUTES 


OF   THE 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD 


OF   THE 


CITY   OF   NEW  YORK 


JULY     i  8,     i  849, 


TO 


APRIL     9,     1870. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    WATER    SUPPLY,' 

GAS    AND     ELECTRICITY. 

July   i,   1903 


NEW    YORK: 

MAIL      AND      EXPRESS      COMPANY, 

203      BROADWAY. 

1903. 


Department   of  Water    Supply,   Gas   and 
Electricity. 

INTRODUCTORY  STATEMENT. 


By  chapter  256  of  the  Laws  of  1834  and  amendatory  acts  the  Legislature  provided 
for  a  Board  of  five  Water  Commissioners  for  The  City  of  New  York,  to  be  appoint- 
ed by  the  Governor,  with  the  consent  of  the  Senate.  It  was  made  the  duty  of  these 
Commissioners  to  devise  a  plan  for  the  furnishing  to  the  City  of  a  supply  of  pure 
and  wholesome  water,  which  plan,  after  ratification  by  the  Common  Council  and  by 
the  electors  of  the  City,  was  to  be  consummated  by  the  Commissioners  under  the 
powers  given  them  for  the  purpose.  Under  this  Act,  the  old  Croton  Aqueduct  was 
planned  and  constructed,  and  the  Croton  water  was  introduced  into  New  York  over 
High  Bridge. 

In  1841,  by  chapter  306  of  the  Laws  of  that  year,  the  construction  of  the  aqueduct 
and  distributing  system  below  the  "Murray's  Hill"  distributing  reservoir  was  de- 
volved upon  the  "Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York," 
who  undertook  to  carry  out  the  contracts  already  made  by  the  Water  Commission- 
ers for  the  work  in  question.  By  chapter  231  of  the  Laws  of  1843,  a  "water  district" 
was.  created,  within  which  all  property  was  subject  to  "water  tax."  The  "Croton 
Aqueduct  Board"  was  created  by  the  amended  Charter  of  1849  (Laws  of  1849,  chap- 
ter 187).  It  consisted  of  a  President,  Engineer  and  Assistant  Commissioner,  who, 
unlike  the  heads  of  other  departments,  were  not  elected  by  the  people,  but  were 
nominated  by  the  Mayor  and  appointed  by  him  with  the  consent  of  the  Common 
Council.  The  Board  was  given  jurisdiction  of  the  water  supply  and  distribution,  of 
sewers  and  drainage,  and  of  the  collection  of  the  water  revenues.  Its  powers  and 
duties  were  extended  by  chapter  383  of  the  Laws  of  1849  (passed  April  n,  1849)  to 
include  the  preservation  of  the  water  supply  and,  with  the  consent  of  the  Common 
Council,  the  increasing  of  the  same  and  the  constructing  of  new  sewers.  The  Bureaus 
o^  the  Water  Register  and  Water  Purveyor  were  placed  under  the  Board,  a  scale  of 
regular  rents  and  extra  charges  to  be  fixed  by  the  Common  Council  was  provided 
for,  penalties  for  non-payment  of  charges  were  prescribed,  and  the  Board  was  given 
the  power  to  make  and  enforce  rules.  In  a  word,  this  was  the  first  Water  Depart- 
ment constituting  a  part  of  the  City's  administrative  system. 


The  minutes  following  give  the  transactions  of  the  "Croton  Aqueduct  Board/' 
from  its  organization  in  1849  until  it  was  succeeded  in  1870  under  the  revised  Charter 
01  that  year  by  the  ''Department  of  Public  Works."  In  them  will  be  found  refer- 
ences to  public  works  long  since  destroyed,  such  as  the  reservoir  near  Thirteenth 
street  (minutes  of  February  6,  1850).  The  dates  are  given  of  the  planning  for  and 
completion  of  the  new  Central  Park  Reservoir,  the  introduction  of  water  into  which 
on  August  19,  1862,  was  made  the  occasion  of  a  public  ceremony.  These  minutes 
have  already  proved  of  value  to  the  present  Department  of  Water  Supply,  Gas  and 
Electricity,  by  showing  the  reason  and  authentic  origin  of  practices  which  are  still 
followed.  It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  press  of  departmental  business  has  pre- 
vented the  preparation  of  an  index,  but  it  is  hoped  that  much  of  interest  to  students 
of  the  City's  history  will  nevertheless  be  found. 

The  Department  of  Public  Works,  under  the  Charter  of  1870,  remained  in  con- 
trol of  the  water  supply  and  distribution  until  succeeded  on  January  i,  1898,  under 
the  Charter  of  1897  by  the  Department  of  Water  Supply.  The  present  Department 
of  Water  Supply,  Gas  and  Electricity  was  created  by  the  Charter  of  1901,  and  the 
Commissioner  thereof  took  office  January  I,  1902. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  WATER  SUPPLY,  GAS  AND  ELECTRICITY. 
New  York,  July  I,  1903. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the   Croton  Aqueduct    Board    from  July 
1 8,   1849,  to  April   9,   1870. 

July  18,  1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  at  n  o'clock  a.  m. 
All  the  members  present. 
Nicholas  Dean,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Theodore  R.  De  Forest  was  appointed  Secretary. 

The  President  stated  that  his  object  for  convening  the  Board  was  for  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Commission  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  State  law  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  Common  Council. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  without  dissent: 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  report  to  the  Board  of  Aldermen  at  their  meeting  this 
evening  a  statement  of  the  back  rents  due  at  this  office,  with  the  quantity  of  "water  in 
the  reservoir,  etc.,  as  required  by  a  resolution  of  said  Board  of  Aldermen  on  Mon- 
day evening,  the  i6th  instant. 

Resolved,  'lhat  this  Board  visit  the  Third  avenue  in  order  to  give  directions 
in  relation  to  the  line  of  pipe  now  being  laid  in  said  avenue  and1  the  disposition 
of  the  surplus  earth,  and  that  when  this  Board  adjourns  it  shall  do  so  to  meet  for 
that  purpose  to-morrow,  Thursday,  at  3  o'clock  p.  m. 

Resolved,  That  the  subject  of  the  nomination  of  a  Water  Purveyor  be  laid  on 
the  table  for  future  consideration,  and  that  the  applicants  for  said  nomination  be 
requested  to  present  their  recommendations  and1  testimonials. 

Mr.  Edward  H.  Tracy  was  requested  by  the  Board  to  continue  in  their  service 
in  the  same  capacity  as  under  the  late  State  Commissioners,  and  a  verbal  appointment 
to  that  effect  was  tendered  to  him  in  person,  to  which  Mr.  Tracy  assented. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


6 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  19,  1849- 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  after  visiting  the  Third  avenue 
and  examining  the  progress  of  the  work,  adjourned  to  meet  2oth  instant  at  12  m. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

Jul"   20,    1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  at  12  m.,  each  member  being  present, 
it  was,  after  due  discussion,  unanimously 

Resolved,  That  the  name  of  John  P.  FJender  be  presented  by  this  Board  to  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  at  their  next  meeting  for  their  approval  and  confirmation  for 
the  office  of  Water  Purveyor. 

Resolved,  That  leave  of  absence  from  his  official  duties  be  granted  to  Mr.  Craven 
for  such  time  as  his  health  may  require. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  21,   1849. 

The   President  and  Assistant   Commissioner  visited  the  pipe  yard  to  view  the 
condition  and  quantity  of  stock  on  hand,  etc. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  2,  1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  at  n  o'clock  a.  m.,  the  President  and 
Secretary  being  present,  it  was 

Resolved.  That,  whereas  Bernard  See,  having  been  approved  of  by  the  Assistant 
Engineer  in  charge  of  the  work,  that  said  See  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  Aqueduct  at  the  Tarrytown  Station,  and  that  he  receive  the 
usual  salary  and  privilege  attached  to  that  office. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


7 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

August  6,  1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  the  President  and  Secretary  being  present,  it  was 
Resolved,  That  Alexander  F.  Dodge  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  to  the  office 

of  First  Clerk  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Water  Purveyor  at  a  salary  of  one  thousand 

dollars  per  annum. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  24,  1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  all  the  members  being  present,  it  was  unanimously 
Resolved,  That  the  Water  Purveyor  has  the  permission  and  consent  of  this 
Board  to  employ  a  Messenger  for  the  Bureau  of  Water  Pipes  and  Sewers. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  19,  1849. 

The  annual  exterior  examination  of  the  line  of  the  Aqueduct  was  made  on  this 
and  the  succeeding  day  by  the  Common  Council,  on  which  occasion  they  were  ac- 
companied by  the  members  of  this  Board. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  6,  1849. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  it  was  unanimously 
Resolved,  That,  in  consequence  of  continual  neglect  of  his  official  duties,  that 

George  G.  Rich,  Accountant  in  this  Department,  be  discharged  from  its  service. 
The  consent  of  his  Honor  the  Mayor  having  been  obtained  thereto,  under  the 

provisions  of  the  Charter,  the  said  George  G.  Rich  was  accordingly  dismissed. 


8 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  30,  1849. 

The  Board  this  day  settled  the  claim  of  Whiting  Raymond  for  piece  of  land 
taken  for  aqueduct  purposes  for  the  sum  of  ninety  dollars,  and  received  therefor  a 
deed  of  the  same. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

November  10,  1849. 

The  Board  this  day  received  notice  in  person  from  Mr.  Richard  F.  Carman  of  a 
claim  held  by  him  against  the  City  for  damages  in  the  construction  and  grading  of  a 
certain  portion  of  the  City  line  of  the  Aqueduct,  the  further  consideration  of  which 
was  laid  on  the  table  to  afford  the  proper  time  for  examination,  etc. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  14,  1849. 

The  semi-annual  examination  of  the  Aqueduct  was  commenced  by  the  Engineers 
and  President,  accompanied  by  their  aids,  and  continued  until  the  same  was  com- 
pleted. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  22,  1849. 

The  Board  was  convened  this  day  at  the  call  of  the  President,  who  stated  the 
necessity  of  hereafter  meeting  regularly  and  subdividing  properly  the  labour  neces- 
sarily devolving  on  the  members  of  the  Board.  He  therefore  proposed,  and  the 
propositions  received  unanimous  assent: 

First — That  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  should  be  held  regularly  every 
Wednesday  morning. 

Second — That  the  questions  daily  arising  on  the  location  and  construction  ->f 
sewers  and  matters  incidental  thereto  be  specially  intrusted  to  the  Engineer. 

Third — That  the  general  supervision  of  matters  in  relation  to  the  collection  of 
water  rents  in  the  office  of  the  Register  be  intrusted  to  the  Assistant  Commissioner, 
and 


Fourth — That  the  supervision  of  the  whole  business  of  the  Department  be  placed 
under  the  direction  of  the  President. 

Application  was  made  by  certain  parties  residing  in  Fourteenth  street  to  con- 
struct a  sewer  under  their  own  direction,  and  which  paper  was  sent  by  the  Common 
Council  to  this  Board  with  power,  being  under  consideration,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  leave  be  granted  to  the  applicants  for  sewer  in  Fourteenth  street 
to  construct  the  same  under  and  subject  to  the  regulations  of  this  Board  and  the 
supervision  o'f  the  Engineer. 

Application  and  recommendation  of  Mr.  Johnson  as  Keeper  of  the  Distribut- 
ing Reservoir  was  read  and  laid  on  the  table. 

Mr.  Craven  moved  the  Hiram  A.  Maynard  be  removed  from  the  office  of 
Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir  on  the  ground  of  inattention  to  duty,  where- 
upon it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  removal  of  Hiram  A.  Maynard  as  Keeper  of  the  Distributing 
Reservoir  take  effect  as  soon  as  this  Board  shall  determine  on  a  proper  ^erson  to 
take  said  office,  and  further  that  said  person  when  appointed  shall  be  a  practical 


Resolved,  That  Thomas  Cole,  Keeper  of  the  Park  Fountain,  be  notified  that  his 
services  will  not  be  required  after  the  ist  of  January,  1850,  and  that  said  office  shall 
then  be  abolished. 

Resolved,  That  George  Armstrong,  Night  Watch  at  the  Receiving  Reservoir, 
be  notified  that  his  services  will  be  dispensed  with  after  ist  December,  inst.,  and 
that  his  office  will  then  be  abolished. 

A  communication  was  then  introduced  by  Mr.  Craven  from  John  H.  Kyan,  Esq., 
with  his  plan  for  filtering  the  Croton  water,  accompanied  with  a  specification  for  its 
construction,  which  was  examined,  debated  and  laid  on  the  table  for  further  consid- 
eration. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


10 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  28,  1849. 

A  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest. 

A  petition  for  a  fire  hydrant  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Cherry  and  Corlears 
Street  having  been  sent  by  the  Common  Council  to  this  Board  for  consideration 
with  power,  was  referred  to  the  Water  Purveyor  for  examination,  and  if  found 
necessary,  a  surface  hydrant  was  ordered  therefor. 

Mr.  Kyan's  proposition  of  filtering  the  Croton  water  was  laid  over  in  conse- 
quence of  the  absence  of  Mr.  Craven  and  the  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  5,  1849. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  has  no  means  at  its  disposal  with  which  to  test  the 
value  of  the  invention  of  J.  Howard  Kyan,  Esq.,  to  filter  water  on  a  large  scale  by 
lateral  pressure,  and  in  the  present  state  of  the  finances  of  this  Department  do  not 
fopl  authorized  to  ask  for  an  appropriation  for  that  object. 

The  application  of  Abraham  Craig  for  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the  Distributing 
Reservoir,  with  recommendations. 

Papers  in  relation  to  John  Scoto  as  Keeper  of  the  Water  Weir  at  Sing  Sing,  and 
the  application  of  John  J.  Woodworth  for  appointment  as  a  Superintendent  on  i.he 
Aqueduct,  were  severally  presented,  and,  after  examination,  laid  on  the  table. 

An  expression  of  opinion  on  the  subject  of  appointments  resulted  in  an  agree- 
ment not  to  appoint  any  parties  to  office  whose  interests  might  be  made  subservient 
to  individuals  or  particular  localities. 

The  application  of  Mr.  Hunt  for  employment  as  Draughtsman,  with  the  rec- 
ommendation of  Mr.  Jarvis,  was  received  and  after  consideration  it  was 

Resolved,  That  W.  G.  Hunt  be  employed  by  this  Board  as  a  Draughtsman  at 
the  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  and  that  the  term  of  his  employment 
be  at  the  discretion  of  the  Board. 


•  II 

The  subject  of  the  appointment  of  Keeper  to  the  Distributing  Reservoir  was 
again  brought  up,  and  the  merits  of  Mr.  Pomeroy,  a  candidate  for  the  appointment, 
•canvassed,  after  which  the  matter  was  again  laid  on  the  table. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  adjourn  to  meet  to-morrow  morning  at  10  o'clock. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  6,   1849. 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  all  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meetings  were  read  and  approved. 

The  petitions  of  Hugh  Dougherty  and  of  B.  J.  Carr  for  compensation  for  dam- 
ages for  loss  of  horses,  etc.,  referred  by  the  Board  of  Assistant  Aldermen  to  this 
Board  for  examination,  were  presented,  on  which  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  testimony  in  these  cases  be  taken  at  a  special  meeting  to  be 
•called  on  Monday,  loth  instant,  at  3  p.  m.,  and  that  the  parties  be  notified  to  attend 
for  that  purpose. 

The  claim  of  Mr.  O'Brien  for  compensation  for  damage  arising  from  the  con- 
struction of  the  aqueduct  through  his  farm  being  taken  up  for  consideration,  was 
•examined  into,  and  Mr.  Craven  instructed  to  offer  a  compromise  of  the  same. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE  FOREST,   Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  10,  1849. 

The  residence  of  Messrs.  Dougherty  and  Carr  being  unknown  to  the  Secretary, 
they  were  consequently  not  notified  to  attend  the  special  meeting  to  be  held  this 
da-r  according  to  the  adjournment.  No  business  was  therefore  entered  into. 


12 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  I2th,  1849. 

The  Board  convened  in  regular  session  this  day  at  10  a.  m.     All  the  members 
present. 
*     The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

An  additional  paper  recommending  Mr.  Craig  as  Keeper  of  the  Distributing 
Reservoir  was  presented,  also  several  recommending  Mr.  Simeon  Pomeroy  for  ap- 
pointment for  the  same  place. 

The  question  of  the  appointment  of  Keeper  again  coming  before  the  Board,  the 
whole  matter,  with  the  recommendations,  were  again  discussed,  and  the  following 
resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  situation  of  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir  be  given  to 
Simeon  Pomeroy,  he  having,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  the  requisite  qualifications 
to  fit  him  for  a  proper  discharge  of  the  duties  of  that  office,  the  appointment  to  take 
effect  on  the  ist  of  March,  1850,  and  that  he  be  notified  to  that  effect. 

Resolved,  That  Hiram  Maynard  be  notified  that  this  Board  will  expect  his 
resignation  on  or  before  the  ist  of  March  next,  and  that  for  the  intervening  time  he 
will  be  required  to  fulfill  all  the  duties  appertaining  to  his  office  to  the  satisfaction 
of  this  Board. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  10  o'clock  to-morrow  for  the  examination  of  the  cases  of 

Dougherty  and  Carr. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  13,   1849. 

The  Board  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment.     All  the  members  present. 

An  examination  of  H.  Dougherty  in  relation  to  claim  for  the  loss  of  his  horse 
from  want  of  care  on  the  part  of  this  Department  in  leaving  trench  open  between 
Avenues  B  and  C,  in  Twelfth  street,  on  the  ist  of  September  last,  was  entered  into. 
Mr.  Dougherty  was  examined  on  his  own  behalf,  and  Mr.  St.  John,  Foreman  of  the 
work  on  the  part  of  the  Department.  The  examination  resulted  in  the  adoption  of 
the  following: 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  applicant  has  no  legal 
claim  for  compensation  for  damages  on  the  City  Treasury. 

Mr.  Carr,  whose  petition  was  also  referred  to  the  Board  for  examination,  not 
being  present,  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


13 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  20,  1849. 

The  Board  convened  in  regular  session  this  morning. 
Present — Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest. 
No  business  appearing,  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.    R.    DE   FOREST,    Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  26th,  1849. 
The  Board  convened  in  regular  session  this  morning.     All  the  members  present. 

The  President  submitted  the  annual  report  as  prepared  by  him  for  presentation 
to  the  Common  Council,  which  was  read  and  approved  of,  and  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.    R.    DE   FOREST,    Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  2,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held1  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest. 
No  business  of  importance  being  before  the  Board,  it  was  adjourned. 

THEO.   R.    DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 

• 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  9,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day. 

Prescnl — All  the  members. 

A  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  appropriating  two  thousand  dollars 
for  the  erection  of  a  fountain  in  the  Bowling  Green  was  taken  no,  and  after  an 
examination  of  a  plan  for  the  same  presented  by  Messrs.  Fisher  and  Bird,  leave  was 
granted  them  to  store  the  fountain  on  the  ground,  provided  Mr.  Craven,  on  exam- 


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ination,  shall  approve  of  the  same    and  think  that  said  fountain  will  n^eet  the  views 
of  this  Board. 

A  petition  of  the  Catholic  Half  Orphan  Asylum  for  the  privilege  of  opening 
sewer  in  Eleventh  street  for  the  insertion  of  two  small  drains  having  been  referred  to 
this  Board,  with  power,  having  been  taken  up.  it  was 

Resolved,  That  leave  be  granted  the  Catholic  Half  Orphan  Asylum  to  make  the 
desired  connection  on  payment  of  the  usual  rate. 

A  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  that  a  fire  hydrant  be  placed  in  Great 
Jones  street  opposite  the  engine  house  of  Company  No.  4,  under  the  direction  of 
this  Board,  was  then  taken  up,  and  it  was  ordered  that  the  matter  be  referred  to  the 
Water  Purveyor  for  execution. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.    DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  16,  1850. 

The  Board  met  in  regular  session  this  day.     All  the  members  oresent. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

Bowling  Green  Fountain — Mr.  Craven  reported  that  he  had  projected  an  im- 
provement on  the  plans  as  proposed  by  Messrs.  Fisher  and  Bird,  and  in  his  opinion 
the  work  could  be  completed1  for  the  sum  appropriated.  The  subiect  without  final 
action,  was  laid  on  the  table. 

Resolutions  of  the  Common  Council  referred  to  this  Board  with  power,  viz: 

A  fire  hydrant  in  Twenty-fifth  street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues. 

A  fire  hydrant  in  Trinity  place,  between  Thames  and  Rector  streets. 

A  fire  hydrant  near  house  of  Hose  Company  No.  i. 
— were  referred  to  the  Water  Purveyor  for  execution. 

The  resolution  granting  leave  to  Jacob  Vanderpool,  Jr.,  to  connect  with  sewer 
from  station  house  in  Fourth  Ward,  was  referred  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Sewer?  for  execution. 

Resolution  for  a  fountain  in  Madison  square  laid  on  the  table. 

Fountain  in  Stuyvesant  Square — Mr.  Craven  reported  that  this  work  was  unfin- 
ished, and  that  the  weather  would  not  allow  of  its  completion  at  the  present  time. 
It  was  therefore  ordered  that  the  contractor  have  time  given  him  in  the  spring  to 
finish  the  work,  and  that  in  the  interim  he  shall  clear  up  the  grounds  and  remove 
his  tools. 


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Application  was  made   for  permission  to  tap  the  air  cock  at  street 

on  the  Third  avenue,  for  a  supply  of  water  to  the  premises  of  Mr.  Keyser.     Where- 
upon it  was  unanimously 

Resolved,  That  this  Board,  being  fully  impressed  with  the  importance  of  decided 
action  on  this  subject,  and  fully  expressed  their  opinions  in  a  communication  made 
to  the  Common  Council,  will  not  grant  permission  to  any  parties  to  tap  pipes  ex- 
pressly excluded  from  their  action  by  the  law  of  April  n,  1849. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  23,   1850. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

Bowling  Green  Fountain — This  subject  was  further  examined  into,  and  laid  on 
the  table. 

Report  of  this  Board  on  the  water  rates,  etc.,  as  proposed  for  the  current  year 
was  read  by  the  President,  approved  by  this  Board,  and  ordered  to  be  communicated 
to  the  Common  Council. 

Communication  from  the  Bowery  Insurance  Company  in  relation  to  a  claim 
for  damages  to  their  property  near  Fifth  avenue  in  1841,  with  the  correspondence  on 
the  part  of  the  then  Commissioners,  was  read  and  laid  on  the  table. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.   DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  30,  1850. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board,  all  the  members  present. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  James  Robinson,  contractor  for  sewer 
in  Tenth  street,  from  Fourth  to  Second  avenue,  requesting  extra  compensation  for 
extra  rock  found  in  said  excavation  contrary  to  the  opinion  of  the  Surveyor  at  the 
time  of  entering  into  the  contract. 


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The  communication  having  been  considered,  it  was  4 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  allowance  of  extra  compen- 
sation in  cases  of  the  above  character  would  be  prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the 
City,  and  form  bad  precedent  for  the  future  action  of  the  Board.  It  therefore  dis- 
allows the  claim. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

February  6,    1850. 

*  A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meetings  were  read  and  approved. 

Petition  of  Hose  Compan}r  No.  I  for  a  fire  hydrant,  referred  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  to  this  Board  with  power,  was  read,  and  after  consideration,  was  re- 
jected. 

Petition  for  a  fire  hydrant  in  the  vicinity  of  the  house  of  Hose  Company  No.  7, 
which  was  also  referred  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  to  this  Board,  was  read,  and 
after  consideration  laid  on  the  table. 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Purveyor  be  directed  to  place  a  fire  hydrant  in  Thir- 
teenth street,  near  the  old  reservoir,  in  such  position  as  the  public  interests  may 
require. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.   DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

^February  13,  1850. 

A  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day  at  3  p.  m.  for  the  consideration  of 
proposals  for  the  supply  of  pipe,  taps  and  tapper's  boxes  required  for  service  dur- 
ing the  current  year,  at  which  all  the  members  were  present. 

After  full  consideration  the  contracts  were  awarded  as  follows,  to  wit: 
All  the  36,  30  and  2O-inch  to  Governeur  Kemble,   Cold  Spring  Foundry. 
All  the  12  and  2,500  6-inch  pipe  to  Choller.  Sage  &  Denham,  of  West  Troy. 


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One  thousand  6-inch  pipe  and  six  4-way  branches  to  R.  S.  &  H.  Jones,  Philadel- 
phia. 

All  the  branches,  except  six  4-way,  to  Colwell  &  Co.,  Philadelphia. 
The  tapper's  boxes  to  Arnold  &  Son,  Poughkeepsie. 
One-half  of  the  brass  cocks  to  Johnson  &  Smith,   New   York. 
One-half  of  the  brass  cocks  to  William  Johnson,  New  York. 
After  which  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

February  20,   1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.    All  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meetings  were  read  and  approved. 

Mr.  Craven  reported  on  the  subject  of  the  Bowling  Green  fountain,  which  had 
been  referred  to  him,  and  submitted  a  drawing  of  the  same,  together  with  the  cost 
of  constructing  the  work  by  Messrs.  Fisher  &  Bird. 

The  plan  as  submitted  was  unanimously  agreed  to,  and  the  construction  ordered. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


February  27,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.    All  the  members  present. 
No  business  presenting,  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  6,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.    All  the  members  present. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

Mr.  Craven  submitted  the  Surveyor's  plan  for  the  sewer  in  Park  place  with 
propositions  for  an  alteration  in  the  construction  of  the  same.  After  examination 
by  the  Board  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  approved,  to  wit: 

Whereas,  This  Board  is  impressed  with  the  belief  that  many  of  the  public  sewers 
are  constructed  of  a  larger  size  than  is  required  to  drain  the  superficial  area  for 
which  they  are  required,  and  also  that  more  materials  are  used  than  is  necessary 
to  give  sufficient  strength;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  sewer  about  to  be  built  from  Broadway,  through  Park  place 
and  Church  street,  to  connect  with  the  sewer  in  Barclay  street,  be  made  in  oval  form 
two  feet  wide  and  three  feet  high,  with  brick  walls  four  inches  thick,  laid  in  cement 
with  the  top  course  of  brick  thoroughly  keyed  with  slate  and  grouted  with  cement, 
with  manholes  in  each  one  hundred  feet,  and  ventilators  where  necessary,  to  be 
determined  by  Mr.  Craven,  Chief  Engineer,  and  that  flushing  with  water  from  a 
hydrant  be  relied  upon  to  keep  it  clear. 

The  following  resolution  was  also  passed: 

Resolved,  That  the  Register  of  Water  Rents  be  directed  to  allow  Mr.  Hecker 
a  sum  equal  to  four  months'  water  rent  on  his  premises  in  Cherry  street  for  the 
year  1848-9  in  a  settlement  of  his  account,  by  reason  of  losses  sustained  by  him  from 
fire  during  that  year  and  a  consequent  disuse  of  water  during  that  time. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  20,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.    All  the  members  present. 

The  minutes  of-  the  meeting  of  the  6th  inst.  were  read  and  approved. 

A  resolution  for  a  fire  hydrant,  corner  of  Twelfth  street  and  Avenue  C,  sent  to 
this  Board  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  was  referred  to  the  Water  Purveyor  for  exam-' 
ination. 

A  petition  of  Engine  Company  No.  42  for  a  fire  hydrant  near  their  engine  house 
received  the  same  reference. 


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A  petition  of  Michael  Street  and  others  to  have  water  pipes  laid  in  Twenty- 
seventh  street,  from  Tenth  to  Eleventh  avenue,  referred  to  this  Board  by  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  being  under  consideration,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  be  denied,  except  a  special  appropri- 
ation for  the  same  shall  be  made  by  the  Common  Council,  said  street  not  being  in- 
cluded in  the  working  plan  for  the  year,  and  the  appropriations  now  made  not  being 
more  than  sufficient  for  the  work  proposed  in  said  plan. 

It  was  proposed  by  the  President  and  agreed  to  by  the  Board  that  the  truck 
work  and  carting  to  be  done  for  the  Department  during  the  present  year  should  be 
the  subject  of  special  contract. 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  Samuel  R.  Smith,  Foreman  of  the  Sewer  Cleaners,  be 
increased  to  two  dollars  per  day  from  the  first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day  of  De- 
cember, and  that  he  be  allowed  to  receive  no  perquisites  or  pay  from  any  other  par- 
ties for  work  or  examinations  made  for  or  under  the  authority  of  this  Department. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  27,  1850. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.    All  the  members  present. 

The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

A  resolution  referring  the  petition  of  Mr.  Elvis  and  others  for  a  fire  hydrant 
in  Thirtieth  street,  referred  to  this  Board  by  the  Common  Council,  was  sent  to  the 
Water  Purveyor  for  examination. 

The  Water  Purveyor  reported  on  the  subjects  referred  to  him  on  the  2Oth  inst, 
which  report  was  ordered  to  be  resubmitted  to  him  for  amendment  and  placed  on 
file,  and  his  recommendation  approved. 

The  Secretary  reported  that  the  books   containing  the  blank  receipts   for   the 
coming  year  were  all  in  th«  hands  of  the  Clerks  and  nearly  completed.     It  was  '' 
fore  ordered  that  as  soon  as  the  work  in  the  hands  of  each  is  completed  they  be 
discharged. 

An  application  was  made  by  Charles  ,H.  Wheeler  for  appointment  as  Foreman 
of  the  work  (lowering  the  mains)  on  the  Fifth  avenue,  about  to  be  commenced, 
with  recommendations  as  to  character,  capacity,  etc.,  from  Messrs.  McAlpin  & 
Stewart,  which,  after  consideration,  was  laid  on  the  table  until  the  next  meeting 
to  allow  time  for  personal  interview  with  Mr.  Wheeler. 


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A  petition  of  W.  G.  Spencer  and  others  for  Croton  water  in  East  street,  re- 
ferred to  this  Board  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  was  considered  and  laid  on  the 
table. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  offered  and  unanimously  approved: 

Whereas,  The  Board  of  Aldermen  on  Monday  night  last,  without  any  com- 
munication with  this  Department,  through  their  Committee  on  Streets,  to  whom 
the  subject  had  been  previously  referred  by  resolution,  "instructed  this  Board  to 
adopt  some  mode  by  which  the  public  streets  may  be  sprinkled  daily  by  carts  em- 
ployed for  that  purpose,"  arid 

Whereas,  This  Department  had,  after  much  inquiry  and  thought,  determined  upon 
certain  regulations  which,  if  adopted,  would  tend  to  avoid  much  of  the  evil  and 
public  loss  hitherto  growing  out  of  the  lavisll  manner  in  which  the  streets  have 
been  watered,  and  which  it  was  intended  to  submit  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Common  Council  through  a  report  of  the  Committee  above  referred  to,  but  which 
as  it  would  have  involved  a  small  expenditure  of  money  cannot  be  carried  into 
effect  without  a  previous  appropriation  therefor,  and  the  precipitate  action  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  having  prevented  all  discussion  of  the  subject  with  their  own 
committee,  the  public  in  the  meantime  clamorously  demanding  that  licenses  for 
sprinkling  the  streets  be  issued;  therefore 

Resolved.  That  the  Assistant  Register  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  issue 
such  licenses  in  the  manner  and  upon  terms  similar  to  those  heretofore  estab- 
lished by  the  late  Croton  Water  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  4,  1850. 

A  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day.     All  the  members  present. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Board  being  satisfied  with  the  capacity  and  character  of  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Wheeler,  whose  application  for  appointment  as  Foreman  of  the  work  on  Fifth 
avenue, 

Resolved,  That  he  be  appointed. 

It  was  after  consideration  also 

Resolved,  That  William  G.  Hunt,  now  employed  in  the  office  as  Draughtsman 
in  making  copies  of  the  ward  maps,  be  allowed,  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  to 


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complete  the  work  at  his  residence;  that  he  receive  a  compensation  of  $500  for  the 
same,  and  that  the  President  be  authorized  to  make  a  contract  with  him  to  that 
effect. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  17,  1850. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
No  business  being  presented  the  Board,  the  meeting  was  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  24,  1850. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
No  business  being  presented  the  Board,  the  meeting  was  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

)••••• 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  9,  1850! 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  President  presented  for  the  consideration  of  the  Board  the  draft  of  a  com- 
munication to  the  Common  Council  on  the  subject  of  the  existing  ordinances  on 
contracts,  and  their  action  on  this  Department,  also  submitting  the  contract  for  a 
sewer  in  Thirty-third  street,  with  a  resolution  approving  the  same  and  making  an 
appropriation  for  the  work. 

The  communication  being  approved  by  this  Board  was  directed  to  be  sent  to  the 
Board  of  Aldermen. 


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Mr.  Coutant's  claim  for  the  loss  of  an  ox  in  a  gully  caused  byta  drain  from 
the  Aqueduct  in  Westchester  County  came  up  for  consideration,  and  after  examina- 
tion it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  claim  be  allowed,  and  that  Mr.  Coutant  be  paid  the  sum  of 
seventy-five  dollars  on  his  executing  a  release  for  the  same. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  14,  1850. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Board  was  convened  this  day  at  the  request  of  the 
President.  All  the  members  present. 

The  President  communicated  to  the  Board  the  following,  which,  after  due  con- 
sideration, was  unanimously  adopted: 

The  President  informs  the  Board  that  in  an  interview  with  his  Honor  the  Mayor 
this  morning  he  was  informed  by  him  that  the  Committee  on  Ordinance  of  the  Board 
of  Assistant  Aldermen  would  meet  this  afternoon,  and  were  making  every  exertion 
to  amend  the  ordinance  on  contracts  so  as  to  enable  the  Departments  to  carry  on 
the  public  business  without  embarrassment,  and  that  in  view  of  such  action  it  was 
his  opinion  that  this  Board  ought  not  to  suspend  its  various  operations  till  a  little 
time  was  given  to  enable  that  committee  to  report  to  a  special  meeting  of  the 
Board,  which  would  be  call-ed  to  receive  and  act  upon  it;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  take  no  further  step  in  the  premises  to-day,  and  that 
in  the  meantime  the  President  address  a  communication  to  the  Counsel  of  the  Cor- 
poration asking  him  whether  in  his  opinion  this  Department  has  the  power  undter 
the  City  Ordinances  to  procure  any  supplies  or  do  any  work  in  the  daily  prosecution 
of  its  business  without  first  making  a  contract  therefor  in  the  manner  prescribed 
by  that  ordinance. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  POREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  28,  1850. 

The    Board    this    day    visited    Tarrytown    and    made    personal    examination    of 
various  encroachments  on  Aqueduct  lands  by  sundry  individuals. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  29,   1850. 

The  Board  met  in  regular  session  this  day.     All  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  President  announced  that  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  passed  by  this 
Board  on  the  i4th  instant  he  had  addressed  a  communication  to  the  Counsel  of  the 
Corporation,  and  on  the  2Oth  instant  received  a  reply  to  the  same,  and  which  reply 
fully  sustained  this  Board  in  the  opinion  that  they  could  not  proceed  under  the  then 
existing  ordinances  with  any  of  the  public  works  except  by  contract,  etc. 

And,  further,  that  the  Board  of  Assistant  Aldermen  had  at  a  subsequent  special 
session  agreed  to  the  amendment  to  the  ordinances  as  made  by  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men, and  that  he  had  proceeded  in  the  works  in  accordance  therewith. 

•The  following  resolution  was  offered  and  unanimously  adopted,  viz. : 

Resolved,  That  no  person  receiving  a  salary  from  this  Department  will  be  per- 
mitted to  take  any  compensation  or  gratuity  from  any  person  for  services  rendered 
to  such  person,  either  in  or  out  of  the  .office  hours,  in  business  relating  to  the  De- 
partment, or  either  of  its  bureaus;  not  to  have  any  connection  with  or  interest  in 
any  contract  given  out  by  the  Department  or  its  bureaus,  and  that  any  violation  of 
the  letter  or  spirit  of  this  resolution  will  be  considered  and  treated  by  the  Board 
as  sufficient  cause  of  removal  from  office. 

The  following  was  offered  and  unanimously  approved: 

Resolved,  That  the  services  of  James  St.  John,  Foreman  of  Company  No.  3, 
be  dispensed  with  after  Saturday,  June  i,  1850. 

Resolved,  That  the  President  address  a  letter  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  (H.  E. 
Davies),  requesting  him  to  examine  into  the  title  acquired  by  the  City  to  land  taken 
and  used  for  Aqueduct  purposes  in  Westchester  County,  and  whether  such  title  is 
sufficient  to  authorize  this  Board  to  fence  in  such  land,  where  in  its  opinion  the 
public  interests  require  it. 

The  President  read  an  answer  to  the  resolution  of  Alderman  Shaw  on  the  sub- 
ject of  an  additional  reservoir,  as  proposed  by  him,  which  was  approved  by  this 
Board,  and  ordered  to  be  communicated  to  the  Common  Council. 

A  resolution  of  inquiry  from  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Almshouse,  in  re- 
lation to  supplying  Blackwell's  Island  with  water,  was  received  and  laid  before  the 
Board,  which,  after  consideration,  was  referred  to  Mr.  Craven,  with  power. 


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The  following  resolution  was  also  approved:  4 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Purveyor  be  requested  to  report  to  this  Board  at 

its  next  meeting  what  number  of  hours  in  his  opinion  the  men  employed  in  the  gang 

of  Mr.  St.  John  actually  work  each  day. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.    DE  FOREST,   Secretary. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  6,    1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

It  was  ordered  that  the  Water  Purveyor  cause  the  public  fountains  to  be  played 
at  the  hours  below  specified: 

Stuyvesant  Square — West  fountain,  from  6  to  7  o'clock  p.  m.  during  July  and 
August,  and  from  5  to  6  p.  m.  during  September  and  October. 

Union  Square — During  the  same  hours  as  above-named  for  Stuyvesant  square. 

Park — From  4  to  5  p.  m.  during  the  months  of  July  and  August,  and  from  3  to 
4  p.  m.  during  September  and  October. 

Bowling  Green — From  5  to  7  o'clock  p.  m.  during  the  months  of  July  and  Au- 
gust, and  from  4  to  6  o'clock  during  September  and  October. 

St.  John's  and  Grammercy  Park  Fountains  to  be  used  in  accordance  with  ar- 
rangements to  be  made  with  the  proprietors  of  the  same. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  15,   1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  in  pursuance  of  a  call  from  the  Presi- 
dent, all  the  members  being  present. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced  by  the  President,  and  after  considera- 
tion, unanimously  approved: 

Resolved,  That  freight  barges  on  the  North  river  employed  during  the  season 
of  navigation  be  charged  the  following  rates  for  Croton  water,  viz.: 

Those  making  one  trip  a  week,  twenty-five  dollars;  those  making  two  trips  a 
week,  fifty  dollars,  and  those  running  but  a  part  of  the  season  at  the  rate  of  seventy- 
five  cents  a  trip. 


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The  case  of  Johnson  &  Milligan  for  performing  certain  plumbing  work  at  No. 
50  Howard  street  contrary  to  the  regulations  of  the  Board,  was  then  taken  up  and 
considered,  and  the  matter  resulted  in  the  following  decision: 

That,  on  Mr.  Johnson's  submitting  to  this  Board  affidavits  embracing  the  follow- 
ing facts,  this  Board  will  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  relaxing  the  usual 
discipline  in  this  case: 

First — That  Mr.  Johnson  was  absent  from  the  city  at  the  time  the  order  was 
given  and  during  the  execution  of  the  work  complained  of. 

Second — That  Mr.  Milligan,  under  whose  superintendence  the  work  was  done, 
did  not  know  of  the  regulation  requiring  a  permit  to  be  obtained  from  this  office 
previous  to  the  execution  of  the  work. 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Police  report  to  Mr.  Robertson  every  case  where  an 
opening  is  made  for  a  sewer  connection,  with  the  name  of  the  party  doing  the  work, 
that  the  same  may  be  duly  examined  into. 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Police  be  required  to  present  themselves  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Board  to  be  held  on  Tuesday  (to-morrow)  afternoon  at  4  o'clock. 

Mr.  Craven  introduced  the  following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously  ap- 
proved: 

Resolved,  That  the  line  of  the  Aqueduct  be  fenced  in  every  case  where  the  same 
may  pass  through  any  of  the  villages  or  fovvns  between  the  city  and  Croton  dam. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  14,  1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preambles  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted. 

Whereas,  During  the  year  1849,  and  before  this  Board  came  into  office,  a  fence 
had  been  erected  to  protect  the  line  of  the  Aqueduct  where  it  passes  through  lands 
of  George  B.  Butler,  Esq.,  in  the  County  of  Westchester,  trespasses  and  injury  hav- 
ing previously  been  sustained  by  the  rooting  of  hogs  and  otherwise;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  George  B.  Butler  considers  such  fence  a  blemish  upon  his 
grounds  and  a  personal  annoyance,  which  he  asks  to  have  removed  and  abated,  and 
this  Board  being  desirous  at  all  times  to  meet  the  wishes  of  individuals  owning  lands 
adjoining  the  Aqueduct,  provided  it  can  be  done  without  sacrificing  any  of  the 
preat  interests  committed  to  its  supervision  and  control;  therefore 


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Resolved.  That  John  L.  Berrian,  the  Superintendent  of  that  division  of  the  Aque- 
duct, be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  remove  the  fence  referred  to, 
but  with  the  further  direction  to  replace  the  same  should  Mr.  Butler,  his  grantees, 
lessees  or  servants,  trespass  upon  or  injure  the  grounds  of  the  Aqueduct  passing 
through  his  farm  and  adjoining  his  lands. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  above  be  served  on  Mr.  Berrian. 

Resrlved,  That  the  sum  of  twenty-one  dollars  be  refunded  by  the  Register  to 
Mr.  William  S.  Duke,  such  amount,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  being  an  over- 
charge, and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  served  on  Mr.  Hance. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.   DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  8,  1850. 

The  Board  met  this  day  for  the  transaction  of  business.   All  the  members  present. 
The  first  business  being  an  investigation  of  charges  made  against  Mr.  Hanford, 
an  Inspector  of  the  sewer  now  in  course  of  construction  in  Twenty-ninth  street. 

Mr.  Craven  stated  the  charges  to  be: 

First — That  Mr.  Hanford  had  received  pay  from  the  contractor  for  work  done 
by  him  on  the  sewer,  and  for  not  insisting  that  certain  work  required  by  the  con- 
tract should  be  performed  by  the  builder. 

Second — That  the  number  of  manholes  in  said  sewer  were  two  less  than  the 
specifications  required,  and  that  with  the  knowledge  of  said  Hanford,  and  that  he 
had  been  paid  for  overlooking  such  neglect  in  construction. 

To  the  first  charge  Mr.  Hanford  gave  a  denial,,  accompanied  with  an  explana- 
tion that  he  had  borrowed  at  one  time  thirty  dollars,  and  that  two  other  times  five 
dollars  each,  to  defray  the  funeral  expenses  of  his  child,  which  died  at  the  time, 
and  that  he  had1  since  been  unable  to  repay  the  amount  to  the  contractor,  but  that 
he  was  legally  bound  to  repay  the  said  sums  and  would  do  so  when  able. 

To  the  second  charge  Mr.  Hanford  pleaded  guilty;  that  the  number  of  manholes 
were  two  less  than  were  required,  but  that  he  had  no  knowledge  that  such  was  the 
fact  until  after  the  completion  of  the  work,  and  that  the  error  arose  from  not  having 
the  number  and  location  cf  said  manholes  properly  laid  out  and  designated  on  the 
plan  furnished  him  by  the  Surveyor;  and,  further,  that  he  never  either  directly  or 
indirectly  received  any  money  from  the  contractor  or  other  party  for  said  neglect 
or  error. 


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John  P.  Flender,  Water  Purveyor,  stated  that  he  had  been  informed  that  Han 
ford  had  demanded1  thirty  dollars  in  addition  of  Mr.  Meggs  for  services  rendered, 
and  on  the  ground  that  two  manholes  required  by  the  contract  had  been  omitted, 
and  that  he  was  led  to  make  the  charges  against  Hanford  by  general  conversation 
on  the  subject. 

Mr.  Murray  examined.  No  person  being  present  legally  qualified  to  administer 
an  oath,  it  was  waived  by  Mr.  Hanford.  Mr.  Murray  stated  that  he  was  Foreman 
on  the  work  in  question;  never  saw  anything  improper  on  the  part  of  Hanford;  saw 
Meggs,  the  contractor,  lend  the  thirty  dollars  to  Hanford,  and  that  he  never  heard 
any  conversation  between  the  parties  that  would  lead  him  to  believe  that  any 
transactions  of  an  improper  character  were  had  between  Meggs  and  Hanford. 

The  further  investigation  of  the  matter  was  here  adjourned  until  Mr.  Meggs 
can  appear  before  the  Board. 

The  bill  of  Jas.  Humes  for  extra  compensation  for  work  done  by  him  was  laid 
before  the  Board,  which,  on  examination  into  its  merits,  resulted  in  the  following 
resolution,  to  wit: 

That  the  bill  of  James  Humes  for  extra  compensation  for  work  done  on  the 
sewer  in  Avenue  A,  between  Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  streets,  amounting  to  twenty- 
eight  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  disallowed;  but  that,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  water  pipes  having  been  improperly  laid,  the  cost  contingent  on 
the  rebuilding  of  the  manholes,  amounting  to  fifteen  dollars,  be  and  the  same  is 
allowed. 

The  Board  then  adjourned  to  Saturday  next,  I2th  inst.,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October  12,  1850. 

The  Board  met  this  day  pursuant  to  adjournment.     The  parties  in  the  Hanford 
case  not  being  present,  the  meeting  was  adjourned  to  Tuesday  next,  I5th  inst. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  15,  1850. 

The  Board  met  this  day  pursuant  to  adjournment.     All  the  members  present. 
A  communication   was   presented  by  Mr.  James   Humes   in  person,   asking  a 
review  and  reconsideration  of  his  case  as  passed  upon  on  the  8th  inst.,  which  was 


entered  into,  and  a  further  allowance  of  twenty-two  dollars  in  addition  to  the  fifteen 
previously  given,  making  in  all  thirty-seven  dollars,  was  agreed  to. 

A  communication  was  read  from  Mr.  Bond  claiming  damages  (as  per  bill  of 
Simpson  Plumber  for  $12.50)  done  to  his  kitchen  range  by  shutting  off  water  without 
notice,  the  bill  presented  being  for  repairs. 

It  was 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  nine  dollars  be  allowed,  that  being  the  proportion  or 
said  bill  for  the  repair  of  damage  properly  chargeable  against  this  Department. 

The  case  of  Mr.  Henry  Hansfield,  late  Inspector  of  Sewer  in  Twenty-ninth 
street,  laid  over  at  meeting  on  8th  inst.,  was  then  taken  up  and  examination  con- 
tinued. 

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Mr.  Meggs,  contractor,  examined.  Hansfield  had  not  received  any  money  from 

him  for  services  rendered.  Had  lent  him  a  check  for  thirty  dollars,  and  at  two  sub- 
se-jrent  times  given  him  five  dollars  while  paying  off  his  hands.  Hansfield  afterward 
made  a  demand  on  him  for  more  money  on  the  ground  that  he  had  been  a  benefit  to 
him  of  over  three  hundred  dollars;  that  he  had  saved  three  manholes  for  me.  He  has 
not  repaid  me  the  amount  lent,  nor  shall  I  make  any  demand  for  it.  I  told  him  that 
if  he  had  been  of  advantage  to  me  dishonestly  I  did  not  even  thank  him  for  his 
services. 

Mr.  Ellis  corroborated  the  statements  of  Mr.  Meggs.  The  manholes  were  placed 
by  direction  of  Mr.  Hansfield,  who  claimed  exclusive  jurisdiction  over  the  matter. 

The  witnesses  then  retired  and  the  Board  reviewed  the  matter  as  presented  by  the 
testimony,  which  resulted  as  follows: 

First — That  Henry  Hansfield  did  borrow  money  from  Mr.  Meggs,  contractor, 
and  that  the  amount  borrowed  was  not  repaid  said  Meggs  from  his  wages  when 
received. 

Second — That  he  received  money  from  Mr.  Meggs  as  a  gift  contrary  to  the 
regulations  of  this  Department. 

Third — That  he  gave  a  certificate  of  the  work  having  been  done  according  to 
contract,  when  not  so  done. 

Each  of  which  charges  having  been  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  this  Board,  and 
either  of  which  being  sufficient  to  cause  his  dismissal,  it  was  therefore 

Resolved,  That  Henry  Hansfield  be  and  he  is  hereby  discharged  from  employ- 
ment as  an  Inspector  of  Sewers,  and  that  in  future  no  further  employment  can  be 
given  him  on  any  work  under  the  control  of  this  Department. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


2Q 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October    21,  1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  business  was  presented  by  the  President,  to  wit: 
A  contract   made   between   Garret   Storm   and   Kennedy   &    Shelton,   the   latter 
being  the  contractors  on  a  sewer  now  building  in  Warren  street,  having  been  sub- 
mitted to  this  Board  by  which  the  said  Kennedy  &  Shelton  agree  to  place  the  last 
four  hundred  feet  of  the  sewer  nearest  Broadway  at  a  greater  depth  below  the  curb 
than  their  contract  with  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  had  provided,  and 
the  sureties  of  the  said  Kennedy  &  Shelton  having  consented  in  writing  to  such 
modification  of  the  original  contract;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  do  and  they  hereby  assent  to  the  same. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  31,  1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  lollowing  was  presented  and  received  unanimous  assent,  to  wit: 

Resolved,  That  the  claim  of  William  Bolmer,  of  Westchester  County,  for  dam- 
age to  his  land  caused  by  the  opening  of  a  water  weir  be  referred  to  James  R. 
Whiting,  of  this  City,  and  Ebenezer  Lyons,  of  Yonke.rs,  with  power  if  they  dis- 
agree to  call  in  an  umpire,  the  report  of  any  two  of  whom  to  be  final  in  the  matter, 
and  that  the  President  of  this  Board  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  sign  a  sub- 
mission to  that  effect. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

November  29,  1850. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  in  accordance  with  the  call  of  the 
President  for  the  consideration  of  claims  for  extra  compensation  made  by  con- 
tractors. 

Present — The  President  and  Secretary. 


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The  consideration  of  the  claim  of  Hugh  McCabe  for  relief  from  loss  sustained 
in  building  a  sewer  in  Twenty-seventh  street  was  considered,  and  after  deliberation 
the  President  was  directed  to  report  against  the  same. 

The  consideration  of  the  claim  of  Daniel  Gallagher  for  relief  from  loss  sustained 
in  building  sewer  in  Thirty-third  street  from  delays  caused  by  the  Department  was 
taken  up  and  the  following  allegations  were  made  by  Mr.  Gallagher: 

First — That  the  sewer  is  over  thirteen  feet  deep,  say  thirteen  feet  six  inches, 
and  that  the  alteration  was  made  to  his  damage  by  order  of  the  Engineer  and  In- 
spector. 

Second — That  the  work  was  delayed  for  the  spaoe  of  thirty  days  by  reason  of  the 
Croton  pipe,  wrhich  interfered  with  the  Construction,  not  having  been  removed. 

Third — That  the  Inspector  appointed  over  the  work  refused  to  give  the  grade 
lines  and  a  loss  of  fifteen  days  was  occasioned  thereby. 

Fourth — The  Inspector  has  charged  full  time  for  the  work,  although  not  actu- 
ally engaged  thereon,  having  been  away  on  fishing,  military  excursions,  etc. 

Note — The  extra  time  charged  by  the  Inspector  was  seventy-eight  days. 

After  consideration  the  Board  informed  Mr.  Gallagher  that  the  subject  should 
be  fully  examined  into,  but  that  only  such  allowance  could  be  made  him  as  could 
be  traced  and  fully  chargeable  on  the  acts  of  the  Board  or  of  its  members. 

THEO.  R.   DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  20,  1850. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest  present. 

The  application  of  Benjamin  G.  Roe  for  an  increase  of  compensation  was  taken 
up,  and  after  consideration  the  following  resolution  was  adopted,  to  wit: 

Resolved,  That  Benjamin  G.  Roe,  Examiner  of  Property  in  the  Bureau  of 
Water  Rents,  be  allowed  an  additional  compensation  of  twenty-five  cents  per  day 
from  the  first  day  of  May  last  to  the  first  day  of  January,  1851,  and  that  the  same 
be  paid  him  on  the  3ist  inst. 

Resolved,  That  the  members  in  the  different  companies  employed  by  the  De- 
partment have  full  time  allowed  them  for  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas  days,  and 
that  Mr.  Robertson  be  instructed  to  make  out  the  payrolls  accordingly. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  15,  1851. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Prevent — Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest. 

The  following  circular  was  presented,  accepted,  ordered  to  be  printed  and  a 
copy  thereof  to  be  served  by  the  Inspectors  of  the  Department  on  the  occupants  of 
every  tenement  within  the  water  district. 

Abstract  of  corporation  ordinances  and  rules  adopted  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Department,  regulating  the  use  of  water,  to  which  the  attention  of  consumers  and 
all  others  is  earnestly  invited. 

ORDINANCES. 

Fine  for  opening  a  fire  hydrant  without  permission,  not  less  than  five,  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Magistrate  hearing  the  complaint. 

Fine  for  selling  water  to  shipping,  or  for  any  other  purpose  or  object,  or  offer- 
ing it  for  sale,  twenty-five  dollars. 

Fine  for  obstructing  access  to  any  stop-cock  connected  with  the  water  pipes  in 
the  streets  by  placing  on  it  any  building  materials  or  other  hindrance,  fifty  dollars; 
and  twenty-five  dollars  additional  for  each  day  the  same  shall  remain  after  notice 
for  removal. 

Fine  for  using  street  washers,  except  before  8  a.  m.,  and  after  7  p.  m.  from 
May  to  November,  and  before  9  a.  m.  and  after  6  p.  m.  from  November  to  May, 
five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Rules   Adopted    by   the    Board. 

No  owner  or  tenant  will  be  allowed  to  supply  water  to  other  persons  or  fam- 
ilies. 

No  addition  or  alteration  whatever  in  or  about  any  tap,  pipe  or  water-cock  shall 
be  made  or  caused  to  be  made  by  any  person  without  permission  first  had  from  this 
Board. 

All  persons  taking  the  water  must  keep  their  own  service  pipes  and  all  fixtures 
connected  therewith  in  good  repair  and  protected  from  frost,  at  their  own  ex- 
pense, and  shall  prevent  all  unnecessary  waste  of  water. 

Street  washers  shall  be  used  only  within  the  hours  named  in  the  above  ordi- 
nance, nor  must  they  be  converted  into  jets,  or  the  water  suffered  to  run  to  waste  or 
leak,  or  used  to  wash  the  filth  of  the  gutters  down  upon  the  neighbors,  or  into  the 
receiving  basins  of  sewers;  nor  by  attaching  a  hose  to  wash  off  horses'  legs,  carnages 


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and  omnibuses;   caps   must  be  kept  upon  them  in  good  order,   and  not  projecting 
more  than  three-fourths  of  an  inch  above  the  sidewalk. 

No  hydrant  will  be  permitted  on  the  sidewalk  or  in  the  front  area,  and  if 
standing  in  a  yard  or  alley  attached  to  any  dwelling  or  building,  will  not  be  per- 
mitted to  be  kept  running  when  not  in  actual  use;  taps  at  wash  basins,  water  closets, 
baths  and  urinals  must  be  kept  closed  in  like  manner. 

Applications  for  water  must  state  fully  and  truly  all  the  purposes  for  which  it 
is  required,  and  when  paying  the  annual  charge  for  it,  parties  must  frankly  and  with- 
out concealment  answer  all  questions  put  to  them  relating  to  its  consumption. 

No  horse-watering  fixtures  will  be  permitted  in  the  street  or  on  the  sidewalk, 
except  upon  a  license  taken  out  for  that  purpose,  and  these  licenses  must  be  annually 
rene.ved  before  the  first  of  May. 

No  yard  fountain  or  jet  must  be  in  use  more  than  three  hours  in  each  day  with- 
out a  special  permit  for  that  purpose,  and  an  additional  payment  beyond  the  es- 
tablished rates,  and  the  Board  reserves  the  right  to  suspend  the  use  or  to  abolish  all 
private  fountains  whenever  the  public  exigencies  may  require  it. 

No  ferry  boat  must  permit  the  transportation  of  Croton  water  across  the  rivers 
for  sale  or  for  the  use  of  any  individual  or  family;  nor  must  any  person  attached 
to  such  ferries  take  it  across  either  river,  for  his  own  use  or  the  use  of  others  or  for 
sale. 

The  officers  of  the  Department  personally,  and  every  person  delegated  by  them 
for  the  purpose,  must  have  free  access,  at  proper  hours  of  the  day,  to  all  parts  of 
every  building  and  steam  vessel  in  which  Croton  water  is  delivered  and  consumed. 

The  penalty  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  preceding  rules  and  requirements  will 
be  the  prompt  stoppage  of  the  supply  of  water,  without  any  further  or  other  prelimi- 
nary notice;  nor  will  it  be  restored  except  upon  payment  of  the  expense  of  shutting  it 
off  and  putting  it  on,  and  upon  a  satisfactory  understanding  with  the  party  that  no 
future  cause  of  complant  shall  arise. 

A  copy  of  this  notice  will  be  left  at  every  tenement,  dwelling,  store  and  building 
within  tire  water  district.  The  Board  begs  that  it  may  be  read  and  preserved,  and 
it  asks  from  every  citizen  his  aid  and  support  in  carrying  out  regulations  designed 
to  promote  the  comfort  of  all,  as  well  as  to  protect  the  public  against  frauds. 

By  order  of  the  Board. 

NICHOLAS  DEAN,  President  Croton  Aqueduct  Department. 
January  15,  1851. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  27,  1851. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted,  to  wit: 

Resolved,  That  on  the  opening  of  navigation  the  charges  for  Croton  water  to  all 
steam  vessels  using  condensing  engines  be  at  the  rate  of  one  cent  per  ton  of  the 
vessel's  measurement  for  each  trip  leaving  this  port,  except  ferryboats,  which  will  be 
a  subject  of  special  contract,  and  that  one-half  of  the  season  or  year  be  paid  in  ad- 
vance when  the  license  to  use  the  water  is  issued. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  15,  1851. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was  adopted 
and  ordered  to  be  served  on  Mr.  Pomeroy,  Keeper  of  the  Reservoir: 

Resolved,  That  the  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir  be  directed  not  to  ad- 
mit children  within  the  enclosure  or  on  the  terraces,  except  when  accompanied  by 
their  parents  or  parties  responsible  for  their  conduct  and  behavior. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  June  17,  1851. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was  adopted,  to 
wit: 

Resolved,  That  the  license  of  Isaac  Swayze  be  and  the  same  is  hereby    revoked 
for  violation  of  the  Corporation*  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  sprinkling  of  streets. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

•     4   . 

August  20,  1851. 

Simeon  Pomeroy,  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir,  having  expressed  a  de- 
sire to  be  released  from  his  duties  as  such  Keeper  in  order  to  pursue  another  busi- 
ness which  is  offered  to  him,  and  which  he  deems  more  advantageous;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  he  be  released,  and  that  Thomas  Golden  Cooper  be  and  he  is 
hereby  appointed  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir. 

Resolved,  That  the  Keeper  have  the  nut  and  fruit  stands  kept  at  the  entrance  to 
the  Distributing  Reservoir  removed  entirely  from  the  sidewalk  in  front,  they  having 
proved  a  great  annoyance  by  introducing  through  children'  and  others,  on  the  stair- 
way and  terrace  above,  nut  shells,  orange  peel,  bits  of  cake  and  partially  consumed 
fruit,  destroying  its  character  for  neatness  and  increasing  the  daily  labor  of  clean- 
ing it. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  January  5,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  it  was  unanimously  ordered: 
That  Mortimer  Wicks,  Inspector  of  the  Sewer  in  Columbia  street,  from  Riving- 
ton  south,  be  dismissed  from  employment,  he  having  been  convicted  on  the  affidavit 
of  William  Gilroy  of  having  received  five  dollars  from  said  Gilroy  on  condition  that 
the  work  on  said  sewer  might  proceed  without  interference  from  said  Wicks. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

New  York,  February  9,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  at  this  office  this  day. 

Present — Nicholas  Dean,  President  Commissioner;  Theo.  R.  De  Forest,  Asso- 
ciate Commissioner;  Alfred  W.  Craven,  Chief  Engineer,  being  all  the  members  of  the 
Board.  The  following  resolutions  were  offered  and  approved: 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  and  is  hereby  directed  to  sign  all  contracts 
made  by  this  Department,  and  also  all  legal  notices  published  by  it. 


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Resolved,  That  all  the  contracts  and  notices  signed  by  him  have  been  and  they 
are  hereby  approved  by  this  Board. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  offered  and  unanimously  approved: 
Whereas,  In  the  judgment  of  this  Board  it  has  become  absolutely  necessary 

to  provide  the  means  of  storing  a  greater  supply  of  Croton  water  on  this  island  by 

the  construction  of  an  additional  and  larger  reservoir,  and 

Whereas,  The  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  Create  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department 
in  The  City  of  New  York"  passed  April  IT,  1849,  confers  upon  this  Board  the 
power  of  selecting  the  site  and  making  the  necessary  purchases  of  land  for  reser- 
voirs, such  purchases  to  be  subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Common  Council,  and 
also  in  and  by  the  I4th  section  of  the  same  Act  authorizes  this  Board  to  "take  pos- 
session of  and  use  all  such  land  and  real  estate  and  property  as  may  be  required 
for  the  purpose  of  making  surveys  or  laying  mains  or  pipes,  or  constructing  reser- 
voirs, sewers  and  drains,  and  the  convenient  accommodations  appertaining  to  the 
same,  they  making  compensation  therefor  in  the  manner  provided  in  and  by  the 
act  entitled  'An  Act  to  Authorize  the  Formation  of  Railroad  Corporations,'  passed 
March  27,  1848,  and  further  providing  the  mode  of  appointing  Commissioners  of 
Appraisment;  and 

Whereas,  The  Common  Council  of  The  City  of  New  York  by  a  joint  resolution 
approved  by  the  Mayor  on  the  5th  of  February,  1851,  directed  this  Department 
"To  purchase  without  unnecessary  delay  enough  suitable  ground  for  a  new  reservoir, 
of  capacity  sufficient  with  those  already  built,  to  contain  a  supply  for  at  least  sixty 
days'  consumption/'  under  which  resolution  this  Department  has  carefully  examined 
the  island  in  order  to  determine  the  most  suitable  site,  and  caused  all  the  required 
surveys  and  drawings  to  be  made  preparatory  to  final  action  in  the  matter,  and  have 
also  in  the  exercise  of  its  best  judgment,  determined  that  the  public  interests  will 
be  promoted  by  taking  the  required  ground  under  appraisement  made  by  Commis- 
sioners in  the  manner  provided  in  the  I4th  section  of  the  Act  before  referred  to, 
instead  of  purchasing  by  private  contract; 

Wherefore,  in  view  of  all  these  preliminaries,  and  after  due  deliberation  had 
thereon,  it  is 

Resolved,  That  the  ground  comprised  between  the  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues, 
and  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety-sixth  streets,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated 
for  a  new  reservoir. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  the  public  interests  require  that  the 
Sixth  avenue,  between  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety-sixth  streets,  and  the  intersecting 
streets  from  Eighty-seventh  to  Ninety-fifth  inclusive,  should  be  closed,  and  it  is  fur- 
ther 


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Resolved,  That  the  area  of  ground  above  described  be  taken  by  appraisement  ifi 
the  manner  prescribed  in  and  by  the  I4th  section  of  the  "Act  to  Create  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Department  in  The  City  of  New  York,"  passed  April  11,  1849,  and  that  the 
Counsel  to  the  corporation,  Henry  E.  Davies,  Esq.,  be  and  he  is  hereby  requested 
to  take  the  necessary  legal  steps  to  carry  these  resolutions  into  effect. 

Adjourned. 

,  THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  n,  1852. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day.  all  the  members  present.    It  was 

Resolved,  That  the  President  give  written  notice  to  John  P.  dimming,  con- 
tractor, with  certain  parties  interested,  to  build  a  sewer  in  Liberty  .street,  that  he 
proceed  forthwith  to  finish  the  same,  or  that  he,  fill  up  the  excavation,  repave  the 
street  and  abandon  the  work. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  13,   1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  offered  by  Mr.  Craven  and  adopted: 

Whereas,  On  the  5th  day  of  January  last  this  Department,  acting  under  the  testi- 
mony of  William  Gilroy,  that  Mr.  Mortimer  Wicks  had  accepted  a  bribe  while  on 
duty  as  Inspector  of  the  Sewer  in  Columbia  street,  entered  a  resolution  discharging 
said  Wicks  from  the  service  of  the  Department;  and 

Whereas,  This  Department  has  since  that  time  most  thoroughly  convinced  by 
the  counter  affidavit  of  said  Wicks  supported  by  the  highest  testimonials  and 
vouchers  for  his  integrity  from  gentlemen  of  the  highest  standing  as  will  appear 
from  papers  on  file  in  this  Department;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  said  Wicks  be  restored  to  his  position  as  Inspector,  with  the 
fullest  confidence  of  this  Department  in  his  character,  and  that  the  resolution  of 
January  5  be  expunged  from  the  minutes  of  this  Board. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  4,  1852. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  offered  and  approved  unanimously: 
Whereas,  The  ownership  of  the  lands  contiguous  to  the  line  of  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct is  constantly  undergoing  changes,  especially  in  villages,  by  sale  or  otherwise; 
and 

Whereas,  By  every  such  transfer  the  difficulty  of  preventing  encroachments  on 
the  grounds  of  the  City  and  injury  to  the  work  is  increasing;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  a  proper  regard  for  the  interests  of  the  City  committed  to  the 
custody  and  control  of  this  Department  makes  it  absolutely  necessary  that  the 
lines  of  the  Aqueduct  grounds  be  sufficiently  defined  to  prevent  trespasses  upon 
them,  and  if  required  to  protect  them  from  injury;  actually  fenced  in  on  both  sides 
with  convenient  passages  left  across  wherever  it  intersects  lands  belonging  to  an 
individual  for  farming  and  other  purposes. 

Resolved,  That  Alfred  W.  Craven,  Chief  Engineer  and  a  member  of  this  Board, 
proceed  at  his  earliest  convenience  to  make  a  personal  examination  of  the  whole 
line,  and  that  wherever  he  finds  trespasses  by  the  erection  of  buildings  the  removal 
of  them  be  required,  and  undet  the  direction  of  this  Board  if  necessary  en- 
forced; that  where  encroachments  are  made  or  making,  from  which  injury  to  the 
works  may  result,  fences  on  the  line  be  immediately  erected,  and  that  all  trees  and 
shrubbery  standing  on  the  Aqueduct  grounds,  the  roots  of  which  are  likely  to  reach 
and  injure  the  masonry  of  the  Aqueduct,  be  removed. 

Resolved,  That  in  enforcing  these  resolutions  a  due  regard  shall  be  had  to 
the  interests  of  the  parties  and  their  rights  as  owners  of  adjacent  lands,  and  that  in 
every  case  where  a  spirit  of  accommodation  shall  be  manifested,  these  resolutions 
shall  only  be  carried  into  effect  where  the  public  interest  absolutely  requires  it. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May   7,    1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted: 

Whereas,  Great  inconvenience  has  arisen  in  the  transaction  of  business  in  the 
Bureau  of  Water  Rents  from  the  practice  hitherto  allowed  of  parties  not  connected 
with  the  office  using  the  books  of  registry  for  the  purpose  of  making  searches,  etc.; 

Whereas,  Mistakes  have  frequently  been  made  and  property  returned  as  liable 
or  unpaid  in  error,  and  such  mistakes  having  the  effect  of  discrediting  the  accounts 
of  this  office;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  parties  unconnected  with  the  office  shall  not  be  allowed  to  make 
searches  therein,,  and  that  all  searches  hereafter  made  shall  be  by  the  Clerks  of  the 
office  and  verified  by  the  Clerk  making  the  same. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerks  shall  only  be  allowed  to  make  searches  during  such 
hours  as  they  shall  be  free  from  their  official  engagements  with  the  Department, 
except  in  cases  when  the  party  requiring  the  search  shall  be  personally  interested 
either  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  the  property,  and  then  only  on  the  personal  appli- 
cation of  such  party. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  21,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present  concurring, 
the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  following  names  be  submitted  to  the  Court  as  suitable 
ones  to  be  appointed  Commissioners  of  Estimate  of  the  value  of  the  ground  to  be 
taken  in  the  construction  of  a  new  reservoir  between  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues 
and  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety-sixth  streets,  to  wit:  Daniel  Dodge,  Samuel  B.  Rug- 
gles,  Ezra  P.  Davis,  Jacob  S.  Baker,  Jedediah  Miller,  Anthony  J.  Bleecker. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.    DE   FOREST,    Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  24,   1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted, 
all  the  members  concurring  therein: 

Resolved,  That  from  and  after  this  day  the  wages  of  the  men  engaged  in  clean- 
ing sewers  shall  be  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  for  each  and  every  day  engaged 
in  such  service. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  27,   1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  resolution  was  offered  and  approved: 

Resolved,  That  for  every  violation  of  the  rules  and  regulations  adopted  by  this 
Board  for  the  government  of  parties  using  the  Croton  water,  the  penalty  attached 
to  such  violation  shall  be  immediately  enforced  without  notice  to  the  offending  party, 
and  the  Register  be  directed  to  carry  the  resolution  into  effect  promptly  and  with- 
out exception. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  i,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest  present. 
It  was 

Resolved,  That  a  charge  of  fifty  dollars  be  made  Teunis  Van  Brunt  for  leave 
to  connect  a  part  of  his  packing  establishment,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh  avenues, 
with  the  sewer  in  Nineteenth  street. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  i,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  approved: 

Whereas,  The  resolution  passed  by  this  Board  on  the  2pth  of  May,  1850,  prohi- 
biting Clerks  and  other  persons  employed  in  this  Department  from  "receiving  any 
compensation  or  gratuity  from  any  person  for  services  rendered  to  such  person, 
either  in  or  out  of  the  office  hours,  in  business  relating  to  the  Department  or  either 
of  its  bureaux,"  has  been  found  prejudicial  in  its  operation  by  introducing  Clerks 
from  other  departments  of  the  City  Government  and  other  persons  into  this  to  make 
searches  for  unpaid  water  rents  forming  a  lien  on  real  estate,  which  persons  by  com- 
ing behind  the  counter  during  business  hours  frequently  impede  its  prompt  transac- 
tion, and  who  also,  if  mistakes  occur,  screen  themselves  by  charging  such  errors  to 
the  Clerks  employed  in  this  Department;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerks  employed  in  this  Department  be  and  are  hereby  per- 
mitted, out  of  office  hours,  am'  certify  unpaid  water  rents  affecting  the  title  to  real 
estate,  and  that  the  charge  for  such  service  be  limited  to  ten  cents  for  each  year 
against  every  lot  for  which  such  search  shall  be  made. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  14,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  preambles  and  resolution 
were  adopted: 

Whereas,  this  Board  has  received  information  from  the  Keeper  of  the  High 
Bridge  that  an  exhibition  has  been  advertised  by  public  notices  posted  in  the  vicinity 
of  that  structure  that  a  person  is  about  to  leap  from  the  parapet  of  the  Bridge  into 
the  Harlem  river  at  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  to-morrow;  and 

Whereas,  exhibitions  of  the  like  character  have  heretofore  drawn  evil  disposed 
and  unruly  parties  to  the  damage  of  the  work;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  such  exhibition  as  this  and  at  any  future  time  be  discountenanced 
and  is  forbidden  by  this  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD, 
f 

October  20,  1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Messrs.  Dean  and  De  Forest  present. 

It  was 

Resolved,  That,  the  consent  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  having  been  obtained 
thereto,  leave  is  hereby  given  to  Ezra  P.  Davis  to  construct  a  sewer  from  the  one 
now  built  about  100  feet  east  of  Broadway  in  Franklin  street,  to  and  through  Broad- 
way about  90  feet  southerly  from  Franklin  street,  the  same  to  be  done  under  the 
direction  and  control  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


November  22,   1852. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was 
Resolved  (Mr.  Craven  voting  in  the  negative),  That  the  sewer  in  Houston  street, 
from  Avenue  A  to  Mulberry  street,  recently  built  by  James  W.  Smith,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  accepted,  notwithstanding  the  use  by  the  contractor  of  some  brick- 
bats in  the  work. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  8,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  Craven  and  unani- 
mously adopted,  to  wit: 

Whereas.  Thomas  Davis,  an  Inspector  appointed  by  this  Board  to  superintend 
the  construction  of  a  sewer  in  Troy  street,  from  the  North  river  to  a  point  near 

Greenwich  avenue,  of  which Casey  was  the  contracting  builder,  has  returned  his 

certificate,  under  oath,  that  the  said1  sewer  was  built  in  conformity  with  the  specifica- 


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tions  of  the  contract,  excepting  only  where  the  bottom  was  laid  without  cement  by 
direction  of  the  Engineer,  and  excepting  also  the  substitution  of  vitrified  earthen 
pipes  for  the  culverts  from  the  basins  to  the  sewer:  and 

Whereas,  Under  an  examination  by  direction  of  said  Engineer,  induced  by  sus- 
picions of  collusion  on  the  part  of  said  Inspector  and  said  contractor,  it  was  found 
that  gross  and  dishonest  departures  from  said  specifications  have  been  permitted  in 
said  sewer,  such  as  laying  brick  work  but  four  inches  thick,  and  the  omission  of 
bottom  or  foundation  plank,  etc.;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  said  Thomas  Davis  be  dismissed1  with  disgrace  from  the 
service  of  this  Department,  his  name  be  stricken  from  the  list  of  Inspectors,  and  that 
under  no  circumstances  and  in  no  capacity  shall  be  employed  again  by  this  De- 
partment. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolution  be  sent  to  each  of  the 
other  departments  of  the  City  government  as  a  safeguard  against  the  employment 
of  one  who  has  proved  himself  untrustworthy. 

Note. — The  last  resolution  was  offered  in  connection  with  the  first,  and  was  re- 
jected by  the  Board,  but  is  inserted  in  the  minutes  at  the  request  of  the  mover. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  22,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution 
was  offered  and  approved: 

Whereas.  In  the  lease  made  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  "The  Association  for  the  Exhibition  of  the  Industry  of  All 
Nations"  of  ground  on  Reservoir  square  for  the  erection  of  their  buildings,  the 
easterly  line  of  such  grant  was  placed1  parallel  with  and  ten  feet  westerly  from  the 
base  of  the  sustaining  wall  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir  on  its  westerly  side;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  Association  finds  that  th?  use  of  a  part  of  the  said  reserved 
ten  feet  would  be  a  convenience  to  them  in  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  ex- 
hibition, therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  "Association  for  the  Exhibition  of  the  Industry  of  All  Na- 
tions" be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  extend  their  erection  over,  and  to  occupy 
three  feet  in  width  off  the  westerly  side  of  the  said  reserved  ten  feet,  and  in  length 
from  Fortieth  to  Forty-second  street,  such  occupancy  to  continue  for  five  years  if 


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the  exhibition  be  kept  open  for  that  period  of  time,  subject  to  the  following  condi- 
tions and  limitations: 

No  door  or  other  passage  to  open  out  of  the  building  so  to  be  erected  on  the 
space  of  seven  feet  left  between  it  and  the  said  sustaining  wall;  no  water  or  rubbish 
to  be  thrown  out  of  the  windows  on  such  reserved  space,  and  no  nuisance  to  be 
created  or  permitted  thereon,  and  also  that  the  said  Association  erect  a  suitable  fence 
across  the  said  reserved  space  of  seven  feet  on  Fortieth  and  Forty-second  street,  with 
a  door  at  each  end  of  at  least  three  and  one-half  feet  in  width,  secured  by  a  good  lock, 
the  key  to  be  left  at  all  times  in  the  custody  of  the  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Resef 
voir. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

• 

February  16,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  offered  and  unanimously  adopted: 

Whereas,  Captain  Nathan  Cobb,  of  Tarrytown,  in  the  County  of  Westchester, 
has  constructed  fences  on  the  Aqueduct  grounds  belonging  to  The  City  of  New  York 
adjoining  his  property,  and  has  placed  a  gateway  on  and  maintains  and  insists  upon 
a  right  of  way  over  these  grounds  for  all  persons  interested  in  or  attending  an  exten- 
sive school  adjacent  thereto,  and  also  a  right  of  way  for  his  private  tenants  occupy- 
ing a  house  fronting  on  the  Highland  turnpike  to  and  from  a  privy  placed  on  the 
easterly  side  of  these  grounds,  in  contravention  and  defiance  of  a  judgment  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  this  State  pronounced  in  the  case  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and 
Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York  against  Nathan  Cobb,  in  which  among  other 
things  it  was  decided: 

First — The  plaintiffs  have  the  right  to  fence  any  part  of  the  Aqueduct  in  their 
discretion,  and  their  acts  are  conclusive  as  to  the  propriety  of  so  doing.  This  right 
does  not  depend  upon  the  statute  requiring  it  to  be  done  at  their  expense,  but  ex- 
isted prior  to  that  statute. 

Second — The  right  is  subject  to  the  duty  of  erecting  and  sustaining  convenient 
passes  across  or  under  the  Aqueduct  wherever  it  intersects  land  belonging  to  an  in- 
dividual, for  the  farming  and  other  purposes  of  the  land,  by  section  4  of  the  Act  of 
1836  (Laws  of  1836,  page  709). 

Third — The  defendant  not  owning  both  sides  of  the  Aqueduct,  his  land  is  not  in- 
tended within  the  meaning  of  the  Act,  and  he  is  not  entitled  to  any  passes  across  or 
under  the  Aqueduct;  and 

Whereas,  The  convenience  of  the  school  referred  to  would  be  as  great  if  the  en- 
trance to  it  were  removed  easterly  off  the  Aqueduct  grounds,  and  that  of  his  tenant 


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in  no  way  lessened  if  the  privy  spoken  of  were  removed  to  the  westerly  side  of  the 
Aqueduct  on  ground  belonging  to  the  said  Nathan  Cobb;  and 

Whereas,  This  Board,  in  the  discharge  of  the  high  trusts  committed  to  it,  deem 
it  their  duty  in  the  protection  of  the  works  to  abate  and  restrain  these  trespasses; 
therefore 

Resolved,  That  Barney  See,  the  Superintendent  of  that  part  of  the  line  of  the 
Aqueduct,  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  put  up  a  good  and  sufficient  board  fence 
from  the  road  northerly,  along  both  the  easterly  and  westerly  lines  of  the  Aqueduct 
grounds  to  and  beyond  the  grounds  occupied  by  said  school  on  the  one  side  and 
owned  by  the  said  Nathan  Cobb  on  the  other;  that  such  fences  be  commenced  within 
two  months  of  this  date  and  finished  by  the  first  day  of  May  next. 

Resolved,  That  the  outbuildings  of  Theodore  Benedict  (immediately  adjoining 
north  of  the  grounds  before  spoken  of),  and  which  now  stand  partly  on  the  grounds 
of  the  Aqueduct,  and  form  an  encroachment  thereon,  be  removed  by  the*  said  Theo- 
dore Benedict  on  or  before  the  said  first  day  of  May  next. 

Resolved,  That  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  parties  interested  to  prepare  for 
these  arrangements  without  inconvenience  to  themselves  or  others,  the  said  Barney 
See  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  serve  copies  of  these  preambles  and  resolutions 
on  or  before  the  25th  inst,  if  practicable  or,  if  not  practicable,  as  soon  thereafter 
as  may  be,  on  the  said  Nathan  Cobb  and  Theodore  Benedict,  or  their  agent  or 
tenant. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April   10,   1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  was  presented  and  ap- 
proved, and  a  copy  thereof  directed  to  be  sent  to  the  Keeper  of  the  Reservoir: 

Whereas,  The  multiplication  of  fruit  stands  on  the  sidewalk  of  the  Distributing 
Reservoir  has  become  a  nuisance  and  the  source  of  great  uncleanliness  on  the 
entrance  stairs  and  promenade  on  the  terrace,  where  orange  peel,  apple  skins,  pea- 
nut shells,  etc.,  are  profusely  scattered  by  children  and  others;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Keeper  of  the  Reservoir  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to 
remove  such  fruit  stands  from  off  all  the  sidewalks  about  the  reservoir,  and  to  in- 
terdict hereafter  their  use  for  that  or  any  similar  purpose. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

Notice  of  above  served  in  person  on  I2th  inst. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  12,   1853. 

The  Board  convened  at  request  of  Mr.  Craven  for  the  consideration  of  the  mat- 
ter of  the  Troy  streel  sewer,  from  Hudson  river  to  Greenwich  avenue. 

Michael  Casey,  contractor. 

All  the  members  present. 

Edward  Pollock  and  others  owning  property  on  the  line  of  the  street,  having 
given  the  Department  notice  that  the  sewer  was  not  constructed  according  to  con- 
tract, the  Board  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  by  Samuel  R.  Smith,  their  Chief 
Inspector  of  Sewers,  who  made  a  return  of  the  facts  in  writing  to  this  Department, 
which  report,  together  with  the  complaint  of  Mr.  Pollock  and  others,  are  on  file. 

The  Board  proceeded  with  an  investigation  as  follows: 

Samuel  R.  Smith,  examined:  I  was  requested  in  January  last  by  Mr.  Craven 
to  make  an  investigation  into  the  state  of  the  sewer  in  Troy  street  built  by  Michael 
Casey.  I  made  an  examination  which  resulted  as  follows: 

I  found  8- inch  work  at  the  place  first  mentioned  by  Pollock.  At  about 
opposite  to  No.  5  Troy  street  I  found  4-inch  work  in  the  lower  half  of  the  sewer; 
a  sufficient  number  of  bricks  were  removed  to  show  this  fact,  and  also  that  there 
was  no  bottom  plank.  I  also  examined  the  sewer  at  a  point  about  15  feet  east  of 
Fourth  street;  the  top  was  of  4-inch  work.  Mr.  Pollock  could  point  out  nothing 
further.  I  called  on  Mr.  Pollock,  in  consequence  of  information  through  Mr. 
Craven,  that  Mr.  Pollock  could  inform  me  where  the  bad  work  was. 

In  consequence  of  the  information  given  in  the  certificate  of  Smith,  the  Board 
directed  the  defective  portion  of  the  sewer  to  be  rebuilt  by  the  contractor,  and 
Thomas  R.  Frost  was  appointed  Inspector  over  such  rebuilding,  Thomas  Davis, 
the  original  Inspector,  having  been  dismissed. 

Thomas  R.  Frost,  examined,  says:  That  he  was  appointed  Inspector  over  the 
rebuilding  of  certain  portions  of  the  Troy  street  sewer.  As  such  Inspector  he  caused 
such  portions  of  the  sewer  to  be  taken  down  as  had  been  pointed  out  and  certified 
to  be  defective  by  Mr.  Smith.  In  one  of  the  places  pointed  out  I  found  on  excava- 
tion, eight-inch  work,  but  on  following  up  the  trench  for  some  twelve  feet  I  came  to 
four-inch  work,  which  I  rebuilt  and  continued  until  T  reached  the  next  portion  of 
eight-inch  work,  at  a  distance  of  some  ten  or  twelve  feet.  At  the  other  points  I  found 
the  work  the  same  as  stated  by  Smith  in  his  certificate  of  January  7,  1853,  being  the  parts 
indicated  in  the  original  objection  of  Mr.  Pollock  and  others.  I  had  all  the  work 
pointed  out  as  defective  rebuilt  according  to  the  original  specification,  and  of  the 
best  material.  I  found  wherever  I  cut  and  made  examination  that  the  bricks  were 
laid  in  cement.  After  the  examination  and  repair  was  made,  I  reported  the  result 


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to  Mr.  Craven,  and  was  then  sent  by  him  to  make  examinations  <with  special  refer- 
ence to  plank,  and  on  such  examination  I  made  one  or  two  cuts  on  every  block,  in 
all  about  a  dozen  places,  and  found  plank  in  every  case. 

Samuel  R.  Smith  continued:  After  the  above  examination  and  repairs  had  been 
made  uncier  the  inspection  of  Frost,  I  again  examined  the  work  twice  by  direction 
of  Mr.  Craven,  the  first  time  with  special  reference  to  four-inch  work.  In  this 
examination  I  cut  into  the  sewer  in  from  fifteen  to  twenty  places,  commencing  my 
examination  from  the  outlet  at  the  North  river,  and  going  through  its  entire 
length.  My  second  examination  was  with  reference  to  plank.  I  made  four  cuts  into 
the  sewer  at  points  between  West  street  and  Greenwich  avenue,  and  in  each  instance 
I  found  eight-inch  brick  work  and  plank.  This  examination  had  also  reference  to  dry 
bottoms.  I  could  not  examine  in 'this  respect  perfectly,  in  consequence  of  the  hot 
water  passing  through  the  sewer  at  the  time.  I,  however,  succeeded  in  perfecting 
one  examination  between  Greenwich  street  and  Hudson  street  by  stopping  the 
course  of  the  water  by  embanking  the  sewer  with  dirt.  I  found  five  courses  of  brick 
laid  dry.  My  opinion  is  that  the  sewer  generally  is  well  built,  good  in  shape,  and 
that  the  uniformity  of  grade  is  well  preserved. 

The  above  examinations  of  Smith  and  Frost  having  been  reduced  to  form, 
were  sworn  to  and  filed. 

Mr.  Craven,  Chief  Engineer,  states  that  in  reference  to  the  earthen  pipe  used 
in  the  construction' of  culverts  (as  noticed  in  the  objection  of  Pollock),  that  he 
directed  vitrified  pipe  to  be  used,  but  that  unverified  clay  pipe  had  been  used  in- 
stead; yet,  notwithstanding,  he  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  pipe  used  are  better  than  the 
brick  culverts  as  usually  constructed. 

The  examination  here  closed  and  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  13,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  the  following  resolution  was  offered  and  approved: 
Resolved,  That  the  Register  of  Water  Rents  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to 
notify  all  persons  now  or  hereafter  licensed  to  sprinkle  streets  that  each  person  so 
licensed  will  be  required  to  make  monthly  returns  to  him  under  oath  of  the  number 
of  Hogsheads  of  Croton  water  used  under  such  license  and  monthly  payments  for  the 
same,  and  that  neglect  or  refusal  to  make  such  returns  and  payment  will  cause  a 
revocation  of  the  licenses. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

Copy  served  on  Register  immediately  after  passage. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April   14,   1853. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  inasmuch  as  Michael  Casey,  contractor  for  building  a  sewer  in 
Troy  street,  from  Hudson  river  to  Greenwich  avenue,  has  rebuilt  all  such  parts 
the'reof  as  were  defective  and  complained  of  by  the  parties  interested  as  owners  of 
property  on  the  line  of  the  street,  as  appears  by  the  affidavits  of  Samuel  R.  Smith 
and  Thomas  R.  Frost  (see  Minutes  of  the  I2th  inst.),  that  such  sewer  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  accepted. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  17,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  presented 
and  approved: 

Resolved,  That  all  houses  having  a  front  width  of  16  feet  and  8  inches  or  less, 
shall  hereafter  be  supplied  through  a  half-inch  tap,  and  that  separate  taps  will  be 
given  and  required  to  all  premises  for  which  permits  are  hereafter  granted,  except 
where  special  exemption  from  the  operation  of  this  rule  is  made  by  the  Board. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  i,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present,  it  was  unanimously 

Resolved,  That  under  the  provisions  of  the  twenty-seventh  section  of  the  act 
organizing  this  Department,  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  be  imposed  on  and  collected 
from  each  party  reported  to  this  Board,  for  a  waste  of  water,  in  all  cases  not  other- 
wise provided  for  by  special  ordinance,  enactment  or  resolution  of  this  Board. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  19,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  presented  and  unanimously  ap- 
proved: 

Whereas,  The  Aqueduct  grounds  in  the  County  of  Westchester,  belonging  to 
the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York,  are  extensively 
used  as  a  roadway  by  foot  passengers  passing  up  and  down  the  line,  to  the  damage 
of  the  Aqueduct  by  destroying  the  grass  growing  upon  it,  intended  to  protect  the 
earth  covering  from  being  washed  away  during  heavy  rains;  and 

Whereas,  Also  such  use  of  these  grounds  is  a  great  annoyance  and  damage  to 
the  owners  and  occupants  of  the  adjoining  lands,  admitting  strangers  and  persons 
viciously  disposed  to  pass  and  repass  in  close  proximity  to  their  gardens  and  fruit 
trees,  encouraging  thefts  and  petty  pilferings;  and 

Whereas,  The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  are  exceedingly  anxious  to  abate  this 
nuisance  and  wrongdoing;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  owners  and  occupants  of  lands  adjoining  the  Aqueduct  be 
and  they  are  hereby  requested  to  aid  this  Board  in  effecting  the  object  by  causing 
the  prompt  arrest  of  all  persons  using  said  Aqueduct  grounds  as  a  roadway  and 
prosecuting  such  persons  to  conviction  as  trespassers. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  23,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present,  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  approved,  viz. : 

Resolved,  That  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  (Robert  J.  Dillon,  Esq.)  be  and 
he  is  hereby  requested  to  take  the  preliminary  steps  and  make  an  application  to 
the  Supreme  Court  at  its  next  sitting  for  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  under 
the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  facilitate  the  acquisition  of  lands  for  a  new  reservoir 

in  The  City  of  New  York,"  passed  June  30,  1853. 

.   •*%&•  •       .  .v...........  ^,^..-.  ~,^-^  ...  ........  . -:^' 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  i,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Nicholas  Dean,  Esq.,  President,  having  communicated  his  resignation  to  the 
Mayor,  not  being  present  at  this  meeting,  the  session  was  held  by  the  other  mem- 
bers, Messrs.  De  Forest  and  Craven.  The  following  was  offered  by  Mr.  Craven  and 
adopted: 

Whereas,  By  a  resolution  of  this  Board  passed  at  a  meeting  held  February  9, 
1852,  the  Board  legalized,  as  far  as  in  them  lay,  the  validity  of  contracts  and  legal  no- 
tices signed  only  by  the  President;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  doubtful  in  point  of  law  whether  the  Board  possessed  such  power, 
the  same  not  being  recognized  in  the  law  organizing  the  Department  or  by  ordi- 
nance of  the  Common  Council;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  said  resolution  and  the  powers  vested  therein  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  rescinded. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  n,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  communication  was 
directed  to  be  sent  to  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation: 

Office  Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

October  n,  1853. 

ROBERT  J.  DILLON,  Esq.,  Counsel  to  the  Corporation: 

Sir— Accompanying  this  we  present  for  your  examination  a  contract  between 
this  Department  and  John  Quinn  for  the  construction  of  a  sewer  in  Seventh  avenue. 
The  time  for  .the  completion  of  his  work  is  designated  in  his  contract. 

The  work  is  not  yet  completed,  nor  is  there  any  indication  that  it  will  be  done 
within  any  reasonable  time.     We  beg  leave  to  ask  from  you,  as  Counsel  to  the  Cor- 
poration, your  opinion  whether  under  the  terms  of  the  contract  it  can  or  cannot  now 
be  legally  declared  by  this  Department  void  and  the  work  re-let. 
Very  Resp.,  Your  Obt.  Servts., 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Acting  President. 
A.  W.  CRAVEN,  Chief  Engineer. 
To  which  communication  Mr.  Dillon  replied  in  the  affirmative. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  4 

October  16,  1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

The  following  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  was  received: 
Resolved,  That  the  subject  of  increasing  the  pay  of  Inspectors  employed  upon 
sewers  from  two  dollars  to  three  dollars  per  diem  be  and  is  hereby  referred  to  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Department  with  power  to  make  said  increase  if  in  its  opinion  it 
be  proper. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  September  12,  1853. 
Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Assistants  October  10.  1853. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor  October  15,  1853. 

D.  T.  VALENTINE,  Clerk,  Common  Council. 
Whereupon,  after  consideration  of  the  subject,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  said  increase  be  allowed  on  all  sewers  out  under  contract  after 
January  I,  1854. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  6,  1853. 

The  Board  met  this  day  by  special  call,  all  the  members  present. 
Elias  L.  Smith,  Esq.,  President,  in  the  chair. 

The  special  business  of  the  meeting  was  the  consideration  of  a  proposition  to 
allow  the  Avenue  C  and  Fourteenth  street  sewer  to  proceed  in  its  construction  after 
the  ist  day  of  December,  contrary  to  the  notice  given  to  the  contractors  to  suspend 
their  work  on  that  day  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  and  agreements  entered 
into  by  the  contractors  with  the  Department.  Mr.  Porter  G.  Sherman,  the  con- 
tractor was  duly  notified  to  appear  before  the  Board,  and  appeared  accordingly. 
Mr.  John  Pettigrew,  his  surety,  and  others  interested'  in  the  construction  also  gave 
their  attendance.  The  opinions  taken  were  as  follows: 

Mr.  Lowber  is  interested  in  property  adjoining  and  in  the  construction  of  the 
sewer;  described  the  situation  of  the  property,  the  condition  of  the  sewer  and  the 
present  drainage,  which  last,  in  his  opinion,  could  not  be  continued  without  damage 
to  the  parties  interested.  No  special  reservation  or  agreement  has  been  mad'e  with 
the  owners  of  the  property  through  which  the  drainage  is  now  made,  and  in  the 


event  of  their  building  on  such  lots  the  stoppage  of  the  drainage  would  be  com- 
plete, and  the  effect  of  such  stoppage  would  be  the  cause  of  immense  damage  to  the 
whole  district  drained  by  the  Avenue  C  sewer. 

Mr.  Ogden  complained  mostly  from  personal  inconvenience  in  his  business 
arrangements.  He  concurred  in  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Lowber  as  to  the  damage 
which  would  result  from  the  stoppage  of  the  work.  The  gas  company  are  now  laying 
brick  in  cement. 

Samuel  R.  Smith — Work  done  in  freezing  weather  and  exposed  to  frost  would  be 
rotten.  Work  may  be  laid  in  lime  mortar  in  freezing  weather,  but  not  in  cement  with- 
out being  covered  immediately. 

Mr.  Pettigrew  said  that  the  sewer  could  be  completed  in  two  weeks  of  good  work- 
ing weather. 

The  contracting  parties  offered  to  enter  into  proper  stipulations  to  make  good 
any  defect  arising  from  improper  work  being  done. 

The  Board  now  went  into  private  consultation  on  the  subject,  which  resulted  in 
Mi.  Craven  offering  the  following: 

Under  all  the  circumstances  I  have  made  up  my  mind  to  consent  to  the  prosecu- 
tion of  the  work  under  the  following  provisions: 

First — The  work  which  was  laid  on  Saturday,  December  3,  to  be  taken  up. 

Second — That  no  work  shall  be  done  hereafter  except  on  such  days  or  parts  of 
days  as  shall  be  designated  by  an  Inspector  who  will  be  placed  on  the  work.  That  the 
contractors  shall  not  commence  wrork  on  any  day  before  the  time  designated  by  such 
Inspector  nor  proceed  with  it  at  a  later  hour  in  that  day  than  said  Inspector  may  direct. 

Third — That  there  shall  be  as  many  Inspectors  as  there  are  different  points  at 
which  work  in  masonry  being  done  at  the  same  time.  Said  additional  Inspectors  to 
be  paid  by  the  contractor  two  dollars  per  day,  but  only  for  such  days  as  they  may  be 
actually  on  the  work. 

Fourth — That  a  bond  in  $10,000  be  given  to  the  Corporation  through  this  Depart- 
ment by  some  responsible  third  party,  that  any  portion  of  the  work  which  in  the  en- 
suing spring  may  prove  to  have  been  injured  by  the  frost  shall  be  immediately  made 
good,  and  that  any  part  of  the  arch  of  the  sewer  which  may  give  way  before  the  first 
day  of  August  next  shall,  within  five  days  after  notice  thereof,  be  repaired  in  a  man- 
ner conformable  to  the  general  specifications  of  the  present  contract. 

Fifth — That  these  provisions  together  with  the  considerations  which  have  actuated 
the  Board  in  this  matter  be  entered  at  length  on  the  minutes. 

Note — A  bond  with  articles  of  agreement  in  accordance  with  the  above  was 
drawn,  which  the  parties  refused  to  sign  and  which  are  filed,  together  with  a  letter 
from  P.  G.  Sherman  containing  his  reasons  for  refusal. 


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A  second  bond  was  drawn  by  the  President  which  was  signed4  by  Mr.  Pettigrew 
after  an  interlineation  had  been  made  by  him,  which  is  also  on  file. 

On  the  I4th  of  December  the  Board  again  held  a  meeting  on  the  subject,  at  which 
Mr.  Craven  offered  a  resolution  that  the  sewer  in  question  be  not  accepted  unless 
under  a  bond  from  Mr.  Pettigrew  that  any  portion  of  the  arch  built  after  the  ist  of 
December  which  might  give  way  before  the  ist  of  August  next  be  repaired  by  the 
contractor  according  to  the  terms  and  under  the  conditions  of  the  agreement  first 
made  and  assented  to  by  Messrs.  Sherman  and  Pettigrew. 

The  President  thought  such  proposition  untenable,  and  after  some  remarks  show- 
ing that  the  Department  had  been  committed  in  some  degree  by  the  action  of  the  In- 
spector in  charge,  and  setting  forth  the  difficulties  under  all  the  circumstances  of 
maintaining  this  position,  Mr:  Craven  consented  to  waive  the  consideration  of  his 
resolution  and  substituting  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Sherman  be  notified  that  Simeon  Pomeroy  has  been  appointed 
as  the  Inspector  over  the  work  and  that  such  portions  of  the  work  as  shall  be  spe- 
cially pointed  out  by  him  as  defective  and  not  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  contract  will  be  rejected,  and  that  is  the  unanimous  decision  of  the  Board. 

Which  having  been  unanimously  agreed  to,  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

Note — A  letter  in  accordance  with  the  above  resolution  was  addressed  by  the 
President,  a  copy  of  which  is  also  on  file. 


CRQTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board. 

Present — Messrs.  Smith,   De   Forest  and  Craven.     Held  December  27,   1853. 

A  letter  from  Robert  J.  Dillon,  Esq.,  Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  dated  Decem- 
ber 24th  inst.,  relating  to  the  act  passed  June  30,  1853,  for  taking  lands  for  a  new 
reservoir  was  read,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Craven  the  following  preamble  and  reso- 
lutions were  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  Board  on  the  9th  day  of  February,  1852,  resolved  that  the  ground 
comprised  between  the  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues  and  Eighty-sixth  street  and 
Ninety-sixth  streets  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  to  a  new  reservoir;  and 

Whereas,  Section  i  of  "the  act  to  facilitate  the  acquisition  of  lands  for  a  new 
reservoir  in  The  City  of  New  York,  passed  June  30,  1853"  provides  that  'The  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board  in  The  City  of  New  York,  for  and  in  behalf  and  in  the  name 
of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York,  are  authorized 


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to  acquire  title  to  all  such  lands,  tenements,  hereditaments  and  premises  lying  be- 
tween Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety-sixth  streets,  and  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues,  or  as 
much  thereof  as  they  may  deem  desirable  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  a  new 
reservoir  in  The  City  of  New  York,  under  the  authority  of  the  Common  Council''; 
therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  deern  it  advisable  and  necessary  that  title  to  all  the 
lands  and  premises  lying  between  said  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety-sixth  streets,  and 
Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues,  be  acquired  with  as  little  delay  as  possible  for  the  con- 
struction of  said  new  reservoir. 

Resolved,  That  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  Robert  J.  Dillon,  Esq.,  be  and 
he  is  hereby  requested  to  take  the  necessary  measures  in  behalf  of  this  Board  to  ac- 
quire title  to  all  the  lands  and  premises  lying  between  the  said  streets  and  avenues, 
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  above  named. 

A  copy  of  the  above  proceedings  was  communicated  to  Mr:  Dillon,  with  letter 
as  per  letter  book. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  6,    1854. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  resolutions  were,  after  discussion,  adopted,  nem.   con.: 

Resolved,  That  the  annual  compensation  of  Henry  L.  Robertson,  Sewer  Permit 
Clerk,  be  increased  from  one  thousand  to  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  Seymour  V.  Moody,  Gilbert  H.  White,  Edmund  E. 
Dean  and  Thomas  Hook  be  increased  to  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum  each,  and 
they  hereafter  be  designated  as  Clerks  in  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department. 

Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  John  Concklin,  Messenger,  be  increased 
one  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Resolved,  That  the  'wages  of  Alexander  Thompson,  Messenger  to  the  Chief  En- 
gineer's office,  be  fifteen  dollars  per  month. 

Resolved,  That  the  increased1  compensation  allowed  by  the  preceding  resolutions 
take  effect  from  the  ist  of  January,  inst. 
Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE   FOREST,   Secretary. 


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'CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

February  9,  1854. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day.  all  the  members  present 
A  communication  was  received  from  Robert  J.   Dillon,   Esq.,  inclosing  the  an- 
nexed petition  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  requesting  the  attention  of  the  Board  to 
the  same.     Whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  paper  as  presented  by  the  Counsel  be  signed  by  the  Board 
and  that  the  blank  in  the  petition  for  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  be  filled  with 
the  following  names:  Daniel  Dodge.  James  Kelly,  Abraham  Turnure. 

PETITION 
Supreme  Court. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of 
The  City  of  New  York  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  of  said  City,  relative  to  the 
acquiring  of  lands  for  a  new  reservoir  in  the  said  City,  between  Eighty-sixth  and 
Ninety-sixth  streets,  and  the  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues  in  said  City. 

To  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  application  and  petition  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The 
City  of  New  York  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  of  said  City. 

Respectfully  Sheweth: 

That,  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  People 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  entitled  "An  act  to  facilitate  the  acquisition  of  lands  for  a 
new  reservoir  in  The  City  of  New  York,"  passed  June  30,  1853,  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board  in  The  City  of  New  York  "have  deemed  it  advisable  for  the  constructing  a 
new  reservoir  in  The  City  of  New  York,  to  acquire  title  to  all  those  land's,  tene- 
ments, hereditaments  and  premises  as  lie  between  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety- 
sixth  streets  and  the  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues  in  said  City  as  the  same  are  laid 
out  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  act  entitled,  "An  act  relative  to  improvements,  touch- 
ing the  laying  out  of  streets  and  roads  in  The  City  of  New  York  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," passed  April  3,  1807. 

That  said  lands  and  premises  are  situated  and  bounded  and  contained  as  follows, 
that  is  to  say: 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  The  City  of 
New  York  and  bounded  and  described  as  follows:  Beginning  at  a  point  where  the 
northerly  line  or  side  of  Eighty-sixth  street  intersects  the  easterly  line  or  side  of  the 
Seventh  avenue,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  said  easterly  line  or  side  of  the 
Seventh  avenue  two  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-three  feet  four  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  or  side  of  Ninety-sixth  street;  thence  easterly  along  said  southerly  line 


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or  side  of  Ninety-sixth  street  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty  feet  to  the 
westerly  line  or  side  of  the  Fifth  avenue;  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line 
or  side  of  the  Fifth  avenue  two  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-three  feet  four  inches 
to  the  northerly  line  or  side  of  Eighty-sixth  street,  and  thence  westerly  along  said 
northerly  line  or  side  of  Eighty-sixth  street  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty 
feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning,  as  laid  down  and  colored  blue  on  the  map 
annexed  to  the  petition  in  the  above  entitled  matter,  entitled1  "Map  of  the  lands  re- 
quired to  be  taken  for  a  new  reservoir  in  The  City  of  New  York." 

GARDNER  A.  SAGE,  City  Surveyor. 
Dated  January,  1854." 

And  your  petitioners  pray  that  this  Honorable  Court  will  be  pleased,  in  pursu- 
ance of  the  act  aforesaid,  to  appoint  three  competent  and  disinterested  persons,  being 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  Commissioners  of  Appraisal  for  the  purpose  of  per- 
forming the  duties  relative  to  the  premises  prescribed  in  and  by  the  said  act. 

And  your  petitioners  further  show  that  they  have  caused  notice  of  the  presenta- 
tion of  this  petition  to  the  owners,  lessees,  parties  and  persons  respectively  entitled 
unto  or  interested  in  the  lands,  tenements,  hereditaments  and  premises  aforesaid, 
to  be  published  in  five  public  newspapers  having  a  large  dailv  circulation  and 
published  daily  not  less  than  thirty  days  before  presentation  of  this  petition, 
and  printed  in  the  City  of  New  York  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  said  act,  aa 
will  further  appear  by  the  copy  of  such  notice  and  the  affidavits  of  due  publication  of 
such  notice  or  advertisement  hereto  annexed  and  marked  respectively  Sched.  A,  B, 
C,  D  and  E. 

Your  petitioners  nominate 

of  The  City  of  New  York,  three  competent  and  disinterested  persons,  being  residents 
of  the  said  City  and  County  of  New  York  and  citizens  of  the  United  States,  as  Com- 
missioners of  Appraisal,  for  the  purposes  and  matters  aforesaid,  and  they  pray  that 
the  said  three  persons  so  nominated  by  them,  may  be  appointed  such  Commissioners 
of  Appraisal  and  that  they  may  be  directed  to  make  their  report  to  your  Honorable 
Court  in  the  premises  without  unnecessary  delay. 

And  your  petitioners  will  ever  pray,  etc. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  The  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City 
of  New  York  have  caused  the  above  petition  to  be  verified  by  the  signature  of  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Board  of  said  City. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  24,  1854 
The  Board  met  this  day.  All  the  members  present. 

The  subject  of  an  application  from  the  Water  Police  for  an  increase  of  com- 
pensation was  considered,  and  after  debate  resulted  in  the  following,  which  was 
adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  wages  of  Oscar  F.  Bnggs,  Israel  Stickle,  Clark  Vanderbilt, 
Tobias  Laurence,  Samuel  Phillips,  John  Hopper,  William  Rowe,  Elijah  F.  Ward 
and  Nicholas  E.  B.  Snyder  be  increased  from  the  first  day  of  May  ensuing  to  the 
sum  of  two  dollars  per  day,  and  that  J?mes  J.  Bevins,  Francis  Degez,  David  Sher- 
wood, Isaac  Scott  and  Phillip  Jonas  be  discharged  from  and  after  the  first  day  of 
May. 

The  President  introduced  the  application  of  Samuel  R.  Smith  for  an  increase 
of  wages,  Mr.  Smith  applied  for  three  dollars  per  day. 

The  Board  granted  an  increase  to  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  day  con- 
ditioned upon  an  increase  of  duty,  to  be  made  known  to  him  in  writing  (  a  copy  of 
which  i>  on  file),  the  increase  to  take  place  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  April. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


June  2,  1854. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  were  presented  by  the  President,  and  after  discussion  were 
adopted,  the  President  and  De  Forest  in  the  affirmative  and  Mr.  Craven  in  the 
negative: 

Resolved.  That  hereafter  the  instructions  to  the  Water  Police  in  relation  to 
the  ordinance  prohibiting  the  use  of  Croton  water  for  washing  streets,  etc.,  be  as 
follows,  to  wit: 

That  on  said  officer  perceiving  any  person  so  using  the  Croton  water,  he  shall 
thereupon  deliver  to  the  head  of  the  family  then  present  on  the  premises,  or  in 
the  absence  of  such  head,  to  some  person  of  suitable  age  on  the  premises,  a  copy 
bf  the  ordinance  and  inform  such  person  that  such  use  of  the  water  is  a  violation 
of  such  ordinance,  and  thereafter  report  to  the  Water  Register  in  e^ch  case  of  such 


. 

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use,  the  street  and  number,  the  date,  the  hour  and  the  manner  in  which  said  use  of 
the  water  was  made,  and  with  whom  he  had  left  a  copy  of  said  ordinance. 

That  the  Water  Register,  on  receiving  and  filing  said  report,  shall  enter  into  a 
book  to  be  provided  for  such  purpose  an  abstract  of  said  report,  showing  in  proper 
columns  the  street  and  number,  the  hour,  the  date,  the  manner  the  water  was 
used,  with  whom  a  copy  of  the  ordinance  was  left,  and  the  name  of  the  officer  making 
the  report.  And  upon  any  premises  being  so  reported  for  the  second  time,  that 
said  Water  Register  then  send  to  the  occupant  of  the  premises  a  notice  that  a 
penalty  of  two  dollars  has  been  incurred. 

That  the  name  of  each  member  of  the  Board  be  appended  to  the  notices. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  i,  1854. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

Whereas,  Among  other  damage  by  the  freshet  in  Croton  river  on  the  3Oth  of 
April  last,  the  road  bridge  at  the  foot  of  the  dam  was  totally  destroyed,  and  it  being 
necessary  to  rebuild  the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  City,  they  having  agreed  to 
maintain  that  structure;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  recommended  by  the  Chief  Engineer  that  said  bridge  shall  be  con- 
structed of  iron  in  accordance  with  Whipple's  patent,  there  being  a  sufficient  sum  in 
the  unexpended  appropriation  for  the  same;  it  is  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  concur  in  the  recommendation,  and  that  a  proposal 
for  such  construction  be  received  from  Mr.  Whipple. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


March  6,  1855. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day.     All  the  members  present. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 
Whereas,  A  suit  having  been  commenced  against  the  City  by  James  J.  Bevins 
and  others  for  the  recovery  of  back  pay  under  a  resolution  of  the  Common  Council, 
and  the  same  having  been  settled  under  an  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  that 
the  City  had  no  good  grounds  for  defense;  and 


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Whereas,  Other  parties  then  and  now  in  the  employ  of  the  Department  have 
equally  good  claims  for  payment,  it  is  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  awarded  to  the  parties  in  the  said  suit  shall  also  be  given 
to  the  following-named  parties,  to  wit: 

Elijah  F.  Ward,  Nicholas  E.  B.  Snyder,  William  Rowe,  Tobias  Laurence,  John 
Hopper,  Israel  Stickle,  Samuel  M.  Phillips,  Oscar  F.  Briggs,  Clark  Vanderbilt  and 
Isaac  Scott,  and  that  Mr.  Robertson  be  directed  to  pay  the  same  on  the  next  regular 
pay  day,  taking  the  individual  receipts  of  the  above-named  parties  for  the  sum 
so  paid. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  10,  1855. 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  an  advance 
of  80  per  cent,  on  the  amount  of  iron  pipes  and  branches  delivered  by  the  contractors 
at  the  pipe  yard  under  existing  contracts,  which  advance  is  to  be  made  before  they 
are  inspected  and  approved,  and  the  return  thereof  made  to  this  office  by  the  Fore- 
man of  the  yard;  but  the  Water  Purveyor  shall  in  each  case  of  such  advance  furnish 
a  certificate  in  writing  that  the  said  pipes  and  branches  are,  in  his  judgment,  of  the 
usual  length,  thickness  and  quality. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  n,  1855. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
preambles  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted: 

Whereas,  It  has  hitherto  been  the  practice  of  the  Department  in  cases  where 
buildings  used  for  manufacturing  and  other  purposes  were  supplied  with  water  by 
meter  measurement  to  exempt  such  buildings  and  establishments  from  the  regular 
rates  as  established  by  law;  and 

Whereas,  By  a  decision  in  the  Superior  Court,  all  buildings  of  every  class  and 
character  are  subject  to  the  regular  rent  as  fixed  by  law  and  cannot  be  exempted  from 
the  payment  of  the  same;  be  it  therefore 


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Resolved,  That  the  regular  rents  on  all  buildings  situated  on  "lots  adjoining  any 
street  or  avenue  in  which  distributing  pipes  are  laid"  and  from  which  they  are  or 
may  be  supplied  with  water,  whether  through  meters  or  otherwise,  shall  be  col- 
lected by  the  Water  Register  in  the  manner  and  at  the  time  prescribed  by  law;  and 
it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  the  rents  fixed  and  chargeable  on  all  such  buildings  and  estab- 
lishments as  may  be  supplied  through  meters,  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  for 
every  twenty-five  hundred  square  feet  of  ground  measurement,  and  that  on  the 
subsequent  settlement  for  extra  water  there  shall  be  deducted  from  the  meter 
measure  two  thousand  gallons  for  each  dollar  paid  as  a  regular  rate,  that  quantity 
being  allowed  for  the  domestic  purposes  of  the  establishment,  and  the  extra  rate  only 
shall  be  charged  on  the  surplus  used  after  the  deduction  of  the  said  quantity. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


June  18,   1855. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
was  presented  and  adopted: 

Whereas,  Default  has  been  made  by  the  contractors  for  building  the  sewer 
in  Division  street,  from  Allen  to  Chatham  square,  and  in  Hammersly  street,  from 
Houston  street  to  the  North  river,  in  not  paving  the  same  in  accordance  with  the 
stipulations  of  their  several  contracts;  and 

Whereas,  Due  notices  have  been  served  on  the  parties  and  the  same  remain 
unattended  to;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  work  be  done  under  the  direction  of  the  Water  Purveyor, 
and  that  the  moneys  expended  in  the  performance  of  said  work  be  deducted  from  the 
amount  now  withheld  from  said  contractors  in  accordance  with  the  agreement 
mutually  entered  into  between  them  and  the  Board. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  4,   1855. 

The  Board  met  for  the  purpose  of  considering  whether  a  final  certificate  should 
be  granted  to  Charles  Devlin,  contractor,  for  sewer  in  Thirty-seventh  street,  be- 
tween Tenth  and  Eleventh  avenues. 

It  having  appeared  on  an  examination  into  the  matter  that  one  hundred  feet 
of  said  sewer  was  constructed  in  violation  of  the  stipulations  of  the  contract,  and 
that  the  Inspector  refused  to  give  a  certificate  for  such  portion,  the  Board 

Resolved,  That  that  portion  of  the  sewer  laid  down  in  freezing  weather,  to  wit, 
about  one  hundred  feet,  must  be  taken  up  and  rebuilt. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  25,    1855. 

The  Board  met  at  the  call  of  Mr.  Craven  for  the  consideration  of  a  request  or* 
the  part  of  Mr.  John  Slatery,  contractor,  for  a  sewer  in  Seventy-ninth  street,  from; 
Fifth  avenue  to  East  river.  When  it  appeared  that  the  work  is  nearly  completed,. 
the  exception  being  a  portion  below  the  avenue  where  the  embankment  is  some 
twelve  feet  above  grade,  and  further  that  the  time  under  the  provision  of  the  con- 
tract for  the  execution  of  the  work  has  long  since  expired. 

Mr.  Slatery  requests  that  the  Inspector  be  withdrawn  until  such  time  as  lit 
shall  remove  the  embankment  to  grade,  he  having  a  contract  for  grading  the 
same  street. 

The  Board  in  considering  the  subject  can  find  no  good  reason  for  withdrawing 
the  Inspector  during  good  working  weather,  as  such  withdrawal  will  only  prolong 
the  time  of  completion,  and  as  no  new  obstacle  has  interposed,  the  one  in  exist- 
ence being  well  known  at  the  time  of  making  the  contract. 

They  therefore  refuse  to  accede  to  the  request. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  December  31,  1855. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
A  number  of  petitions  for  an  increase  of  wages  were  received,  viz.:     Keegan 
and  White,  Foremen  of  the  Jobbing  Gangs;  P.  Brannagan,  Foreman  of  Pavers;  sun- 


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dry  persons,  Foremen  of  Sewer  Cleaners;  sundry  persons,  Calkers,  and  from  Peter 
W.  Nerfus,  in  charge  of  the  meters. 

The  first  four  of  which  were  referred  to  the  Water  Purveyor  for  an  examina- 
tion and  report;  the  last  was  laid  on  the  table  for  further  consideration  and  action. 

The  Water  Purveyor  stated  that  he  required  two  additional  Water  Police,  which 
was  granted.  Mr.  Van  Schaick  named  Mr.  McArthur  of  the  Twelfth  Ward  as  one 
of  them,  which  appointment  the  Board  approved  of;  the  other  person  to  be  named 
and  appointed  by  the  Purveyor. 

The  salary  of  John  Conklin,  Messenger,  was,  on  motion  of  Theodore  R.  De 
Forest,  increased  one  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

It  was  also  directed  by  the  Board  that  the  Secretary  notify  Mr.  Edward  Greene, 
Temporary  Clerk,  that  the  duties  of  his  appointment  having  been  completed  the 
Board  do  not  require  his  further  service  and  that  the  Clerk  take  his  name  from  the 
payroll. 

It  was  also  further  ordered  that  the  Secretary  inform  Mr.  Thomas  Hook,  one  of 
the  regular  Clerks,  that  complaint  has  been  made  against  him  of  carelessness  in  the 
performance  of  his  duties  and  he  cautioned  him  against  further  cause  of  complaint, 
and  that  he  have  a  probationary  trial  of  six  months,  at  the  end  of  which  time  if  the 
cause  of  dissatisfaction  be  not  removed  he  should  be  dismissed  from  office. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  January  7,   1856. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  Water  Purveyor  reported  on  the  petitions  for  increase  of  wages  referred 
to  him  favorably  as  to  White  and  Keegan,  and  adversely  as  to  the  other  parties. 

The  salary  list  was  taken  up  for  consideration,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Craven, 
the  offices  of  Messengers  and  Superintendents  were  directed  to  be  taken  therefrom 
and  placed  on  the  several  appropriate  heads  of  expenditure. 

The  wages  of  Samuel  White  and  James  D.  Keegan  were  increased  from  four- 
teen to  fifteen  dollars  per  week. 

The  salary  of  George  A.  Lucas,  Assistant  Engineer,  was  increased  from  $1,250 
to  $1,450  per  annum. 

The  salary  of  Henry  L.  Robertson,  Clerk  to  the  Board,  was  increased  from 
$1,200  to  $1,400  per  annum. 

The  salary  of  Alexander  F.  Dodge,  Contract  Clerk,  was  increased  from  $1,000 
to  $1,200  per  annum. 


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The  salaries  of  John  M.  Morenus,  Jacob  E.  Howard,  Edmund  E.*  Dean,  Gilbert 
H.  White,  Seymour  V.  Moody  and  Thomas  Hook  were  severally  increased  from  $800 
per  annum  to  $1,000,  and  the  Clerk  was  directed  to  make  said  alterations  on  the 
salary  payroll  of  the  Department. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  September  26,  1856. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present.  , 

Mr.  Craven  presented  the  following  communication  from  George  A.  Lucas,  As- 
sistant Engineer,  viz: 

New  York,  September  20,  1856. 

Dear  Sir — I  hereby  present  through  you  to  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  my 
resignation  of  the  office  of  Assistant  Engineer,  to  take  effect  on  the  first  of  October 
next,  or  sooner,  if  practicable. 

Deeply  regretting  that  at  any  time  during  our  official  intercourse  I  should  have 
been  of  trouble  to  you, 

I  remain  yours,  etc., 

G.  A.  LUCAS,  Assistant  Engineer. 
A.  W.  CRAVEN,  Chief  Engineer. 
The  resignation  was  thereupon  accepted. 

Mr.  Craven  proposed  Mr.  John  C.  Winder  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  presented  the 
following  testimonials  in  his  favor: 

New   York,   September  25,    1856. 

Mr.  John  C.  Winder,  Civil  Engineer,  has  been  engaged  with  me  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  the  Croton  Aq —  Department.  Mr.  Winder  has  a  good 
practical  and  theoretical  knowledge  of  his  profession.  He  is  faithful  and  earnest 
in  the  performance  of  his  duties,  and  I  feel  great  confidence  that  he  will  give  satis- 
faction in  any  position  which  he  may  take  under  the  direction  of  the  Croton  Board. 

Yours,  etc., 

GEORGE  S.  GREENE. 


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Brooklyn,  September  25,   1856. 

Mr.  Winder  has  been  for  many  years  connected  with  me  on  public  works  as  an 
assistant  engineer,  and  I  bear  cheerful  testimony  to  his  industry,  capacity  and  suc- 
cess in  every  duty  which  has  been  intrusted  to  him. 

JAMES  P.  KIRKWOOD,  Civil  Engineer. 
Mr.  Winder  was  appointed  and  the  Board  adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


New  York,  October  17,  1856. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members 
present.  It  was 

Resolved,  That  as  the  construction  of  a  conduit  or  a  continuation  of  the  Aque- 
duct over  the  High  Bridge  would  not  elevate  the  water  in  the  City,  would  injure  the 
beauty  of  the  noble  fabric,  and  might  in  time  impair  its  durability,  and  would  be 
comparatively  expensive,  therefore  the  additional  supply  from  the  Aqueduct  should 
be  brought  over  the  bridge  in  perfectly  sound,  strong  and  well  laid  iron  pipes,  and 
as  the  pipe  can  be  laid  in  a  few  months,  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  ask  for  an  ap- 
propriation for  that  purpose  until  some  progress  has  been  made  in  the  construction 
of  the  reservoir. 

The  above  resolution  was  passed,  Messrs.  Van  Schaick  and  De  Forest  in  the 
affirmative,  Mr.  Craven  in  the  negative.  The  following  resolution  was  passed,  each 
nicnilr  r  voting  in  favor: 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  duty  of  this  Board  to  proceed  in  measures  for  the 
construction  of  the  new  reservoir  for  Croton  water  on  the  ground  appropriated 
for  that  purpose  between  the  Fifth  and  Seventh  avenues  and  Eighty-sixth  and  Ninety- 
sixth  streets,  arid  that  the  plans  for  its  construction  be  so  drawn. 

The  following  was  also  proposed  by  the  President  and  lost,  Mr.  Van  Schaick 
in  favor  and  Messrs.  Craven  and  De  Forest  against: 

Resolved,  That  John  B.  Jervis,  Esq.,  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Engineer 
on  the  new  reservoir  at  a  salary  of  $2,000  a  year,  to  commence  at  a  time  when  an 
appropriation  for  the  work  shall  have  been  made  by  the  Hotf.  the  Corporation,  and 
for  any  services  rendered  by  him  in  the  intermediate  time  he  shall  be  paid  at  the 
same  rate. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


New  York,  October  22,  1856. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following,  preamble  and  resolution  were  offered  and  unanimously  adopted, 


A  difficulty  having  arisen  between  this  Department  and  the  contractor  for  the 
construction  of  the  sewer  in  King  street  which  necessarily  called  for  resurvey  of 
the  line  and  the  Department  have  satisfactorily  ascertained  that  the  profile  and  grade 
furnished  by  you  as  the  surveyor  of  the  work  has  errors  so  material  in  their  nature, 
as  to  compel  them  to  pass  the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved,  That  the  appointment  of  Peter  H.  Dreyer  as  surveyor  on  the  King 
street  sewer  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  revoked  and  that  he  be  discharged  from 
further  employment  on  said  work. 

Resolved,  That  the  above  be  communicated  to  Mr.  Dreyer  attested  by  the 
Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  2,  1857. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  all  the  members  present. 

Mr.  Craven  officially  announced  the  death  of  John  Geary,  Keeper  of  the  Re- 
ceiving Reservoir. 

Messrs.  Simeon  Pomeroy,  Ralph  Ellis,  William  Geary  were  announced  as  can- 
dates  for  the  vacancy,  and,  after  due  consideration,  Ralph  Ellis  was  appointed. 

The  following  resolution  received  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  board,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  on  all  appointments  of  superintendents  on  the  Aqueduct,  it  shall 
be  considered  positively  requisite  that  the  person  appointed  shall  be  a  practical 
mason. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May,  22,  1857. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  all  the  members  present,  the  following  resolutions 
were  presented  by  Mr.  Craven  and  were  unanimously  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  extraordinary  size  of  the  new  reservoir  about  to  be  built  makes 
it  of  vital  importance  that  all  steps  taken  to  insure  stability  in  the  work  and  to 
prevent  the  possibility  of  failure,  and  whereas  in  view  of  these  considerations  the 
members  of  this  Board  feel  that  no  reasonable  precaution  should  be  omitted  before 
the  commencement  of  the  work;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  specifications  for  the  earth  and  rock  work  whjch  have  been 
drawn  up  and  submitted  to  the  Board  by  the  Chief  Engineer  be  referred  to  John 
B.  Jervis,  Esq.,  with  a  request  for  his  opinion  and  for  any  suggestions  which  he 
might  lay  before  the  Board  tending  to  make  the  said  specifications  more  perfect. 

By  the  same — 

Whereas,  The  contractor  for  the  grading  of  the  Fifth  avenue  at  and  above 
Fifty-second  street  is  now  filling  over  the  entire  width  of  the  avenue  with  large  rocks, 
thereby  covering  up  to  a  great  depth  the  two  thirty-six  inch  pipes  which  are  the 
main  arteries  for  the  supply  of  the  whole  City  with  water,  and  whereas  such  filling 
might  in  case  of  a  break  in  either  of  said  pipes  make  it  impossible  to  reach  them  for 
repairs,  except  at  a  loss  of  time,  which  might  cause  immeasurable  distress  and  injury 
to  the  entire  City;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Street  Commissioner  be  respectfully  requested  to  cause  the 
contractor  to  leave  a  space  of  twenty  feet  in  width  over  the  said  two  lines  of  pipes 
free  entirely  from  rock  filling  over  the  said  two  lines* of  pipes,  said  request  being 
forced  upon  this  Board  by  a  proper  regard  for  their  duties  in  the  preservation  of  a 
continuous  supply  of  water,  and  not  being  intended  in  anywise  to  impinge  upon  or 
interfere  with  the  duties  or  prerogatives  of  the  Street  Commissioner. 

Adjourned. 

THEO.   R.   DE  FOREST,   Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

• 

June   6,    1857. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  offered  by  the  President  and  ap- 
proved: 

Whereas,  The  preparations  to  construct  the  new  reservoir  entirely  on  its  own 
grounds,  in  conformity  to  the  resolution  of  this  Board  of  the  I7th  day  of  October 
last,  were  not  completed  in  time  to  commence  work  on  the  ist  of  April,  as  was  con- 
templated in  the  last  annual  report,  and  a  committee  from  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Central  Park  have  lately  introduced  to  the  Board  at  this  office  the  subject  of  the 
exchange  of  grounds  provided  for  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature,  and 

Whereas,  It  appears  from  estimates  made  by  Mr.  Green,  Engineer  in  charge, 
that  there  will  be  a  saving  to  the  City  of  from  $200,000  to  $260,000  in  the  cost  of  con- 
structing the  reservoir  if  the  change  is  made,  therefore  it  is 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  do  consent  to  the  change  as  laid  down  on  the  map 
prepared  by  the  Engineer  and  this  day  signed  by  the  members  of  the  Board. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  18,   1857. 

The  case  of  John  Slatery,  contractor  for  the  sewer  in  the  Third  avenue  from 
Seventy-ninth  to  Eighty-fourth  street,  being  a  claim  for  relief  from  extra  time  on 
the  construction  of  said  sewer,  the  delay  being  caused  by  an  injunction  issued  at 
the  instance  of  the  Third  Avenue  Railroad,  from  which  he  was  finally  relieved  by  the 
withdrawal  of  the  injunction  by  the  said  railroad  company. 
The  following  was  the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  Board: 
"That  the  case  properly  belongs  to  the  Common  Council  for  adjudication." 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July   15,   1857- 

At  a  meeting  held  this  day,  George  S.  Green  was  unanimously  appointed  Engi- 
neer in  charge  on  the  construction  of  the  new  reservoir. 

A  hydrographic  survey  of  the  basin  above  Croton  Dam  was  ordered,  and  Mor- 
ley  was  appointed  to  make  said  survey. 

Crosby  was  appointed  to  assist,  and  the  necessary  instruments  to  be  furnished 
by  the  Department. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October   19,   1857. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  at  the  hour  of  12.15  P-  m.,  all  the  mem- 
bers present,  it  was 

Resolved.  That  the  contract  for  the  construction  of  the  new  reservoir,  the 
bids  for  which  were  opened  on  the  26th  day  of  August,  be  given  to  Messrs.  Fajrchild 
&  ^0.  as  the  lowest  legal  bidders  under  the  provisions  of  the  Charter. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  the  house  at  Croton  dam  was  directed  to  be  sold  at 
auction  to  the  highest  bidder  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Charter. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  3,  1858. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  it  was,  on  motion  of  the  President, 

Resolved,  That  the  Chief  Engineer  be  requested  to  go  to  Albany  for  the  pur- 
pose of  preventing  the  passage  of  the  bill  now  before  the  Legislature  by  which  it  is 
intended  to  convert  the  High  Bridge  into  a  public  or  private  road. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April,  1858. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  George  S.  Green,  Engineer  in  charge  over  the  new 
reservoir,  be  and  is  hereby  fixed  at  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
Said  increase  to  take  effect  from  this  date. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  21,   1858. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  surveyor  as  Inspector  of  Sewer  Connections  be  appointed  at 
a  per  diem  compensation  of  two  dollars.  The  appointment  and  regulation  of  duty  to 
be  fixed  at  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Assistant  Keeper  at  the  receiving  reservoir  be  kept  on  duty 
Sundays,  and  that  he  receive  pay  for  such  service^  at  the  same  rate  as  on  week  days. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  29,  1858. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  in  future  no  bills  for  work  and  repairs  on  the  dwellings  of  the 
Superintendents,  or  in  the  improvements  of  the  grounds  about  them  will  be  allowed 
unless  said  work  be  specially  ordered  in  writing  by  authority  of  this  Board,  and 
that  no  bills  for  workmen  or  materials  be  paid  unless  the  entire  time  and  materials 
charged  shall  have  been  occupied  or  used  in  the  necessary  preservation  and  repair 
of  the  Aqueduct  property  and  not  in  and  about  the  dwellings  of  the  Superintendents. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  i,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  it  was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Craven, 

Resolved,  That  a  person  be  appointed  as  an  Inspector  of  Sewer  Connections 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  be  present  at  each  connection  made  under  the  authority 
of  a  permit  obtained  from  this  Department  to  see  that  the  same  is  properly  made 
and  without  injury  to  the  main  sewer,  and  that  the  instructions  for  his  guidance  under 
this  appointment  and  for  the  government  of  Plumbers  and  Masons  be  prepared  and 
printed  for  the  use  of  each. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  5,  1855- 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was 
Resoved,  That  Elijah  T.  Lewis,  Samuel  Phillips,  Tobias  Laurence  and  William 
Rowe  be  discharged  from  service  as  Water  Police,  to  take  effect  on  Saturday,  the 
I2lh  proxim  >.  and  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  7th  instant  the  following  persons  were 
appointed  to  rill  the  vacancies,  viz. : 

Stephen  Bonnel,  J.  Phillips,  John  G.  Deer  and  Jacob  H.  Conklin. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


February  10,  1859. 

A  communication  from  Mr.  P.  Dickenson,  plumber,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  respecting  a 
new  hydrant,  was  received  and  laid  on  the  table. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  7,  1859. 

An  application  was  made  by  the  Central  Park  Commissioner  for  the  use  of  a 
hydrant  on  Seventy-first  street  for  experimental  purposes,  which  was  granted. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January,  1859. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  President  of  the  Central 
Park  Commission: 

Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park, 

New  York,  January  10,  1859. 

To  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  a  copy  of  a  resolution  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  at  its  meeting  on  the  6th  instant  and  in 
accordance  therewith  respectfully  request  that,  as  the  proposed  road  around  the  new 
reservoir  will,  if  constructed  form  a  feature  of  the  park  of  great  beauty  and  very  at- 
tractive to  the  public,  and  as  it  can  be  constructed  at  a  very  much  diminished  expense, 


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that  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  grant  permission  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
the  Central  Park  to  construct  a  road  upon  the  embankment  around  the  reservoir,  ap- 
propriated for  the  reservoir  under  such  rules  as  may  be  necessary  for  its  safety  and 
the  purity  of  its  water. 

Respectfully, 

AND.  H.  GREEN,  President. 
Note — No  resolution  received  with  the  above. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  12,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  all  the  members  present,  the  following  was  adopted: 


Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

January  12,   1859. 


To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park: 


Gentlemen:  The  following  preamble  and  resolution  have  been  this  day  adopted 
by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

Whereas,  The  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  have  made  applica- 
tion to  this  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  for  permission  to  make  a  bridle  road  from 
which  all  vehicles  are  to  be  excluded  around  and  near  the  top  of  the  bank  of  the  new 
reservoir,  now  under  construction  by  the  Board;  and 

Whereas,  This  Board  deems  it  a  duty  as  far  as  it  can  be  done  consistently  with 
the  perfect  preservation  of  the  works  committed  to  its  charge,  to  co-operate  in  any 
measure  which  will  add  to  the  attraction  of  the  park  and  render  it  more  acceptable 
to  the  public;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  said  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  be  and  are 
hereby  authorized  to  construct  a  roadway  upon  and  over  the  outer  slope  of  the  em- 
bankment of  the  new  reservoir,  and  upon  the  land  or  ground  taken  and  reserved  for 
the  said  reservoir,  under  the  following  conditions,  viz.: 

First.  That  the  said  bridle  road  shall  be  used  exclusively  by  persons  on  horse- 
back and  no  wheeled  vehicles  shall  ever  be  permitted  to  travel  upon  it;  that  it  shall 
not  be  in  width  more  than  —  feet;  that  the  surface  shall  be  at  least  2  feet  in  elevation 
below  the  top  of  said  reservoir  embankment,  and  that  its  inner  boundary  line  shall 
not  at  any  point  be  nearer  to  the  top  of  the  inner  slope  of  said  embankment  than 
25  feet  horizontal  measurement. 


Second.  That  the  said  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  shall  construct  and 
maintain  at  the  expense  of  said  Commission  a  permanent  and  well-defined  barrier 
between  said  road  and  the  said  embankment,  made  as  follows:1 

A  perpendicular  wall  of  masonry  shall  bound  the  side  of  said  bridle  road  which 
is  nearest  to  said  embankment,  and  shall  act  as  a  retaining  wall  for  said  embank- 
ment when  the  top  thereof  shall  be  widened  out  to  the  line  of  said  wall;  within  this 
wall  and  on  the  top  of  the  reservoir  embankment  aforesaid  there  shall  be  a  thick 
hedge  so  close  to  the  wall  as  to  cover  by  its  branches  the  top  of  it,  and  to  form  in 
connection  with  it  the  barrier  required.  Said  wall  to  be  in  no  case  less  than  two 
feet  above  the  surface  of  the  bridle  road  aforesaid,  and  the  aggregate  height  of  the 
wall  and  the  hedge  together  not  less  than  six  feet  above  said  road  surface;  said  hedge 
may  be  made  of  any  shrub  that  has  not  large  and  spreading  or  deep  roots,  which 
may  injure  the  embankment.  The  said  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  may  at 
their  .option  construct  said  barrier  of  other  materials  than  is  stated  above,  provided 
the  masonry  wall  shall  be  not  less  than  two  feet  high  as  above  stated,  and  the 
whole  barrier  not  less  than  six  feet  high,  and  be  of  durable  character. 

Third.  That  at  whatever  level  the  said  road  may  be  below  the  top  of  said  embank- 
ment, the  foundation  of  the  said  wall  shall  not  pass  the  line  of  the  outer  slope  of  said 
embankment  as  built  or  laid  out,  nor  shall  any  improvement  be  made  or  work  done 
which  will  require  the  disturbance  in  any  way  of  the  said  outer  slope. 

Fourth.  That  at  points  sufficiently  close  to  each  other  for  the  purpose  required, 
there  shall  be  in  the  wall  aforesaid  monument  stones  designating  by  figures  the 
distance  (horizontal  measurement)  to  the  outer  line  of  the  reservoir  property  as  de- 
fined by  the  exchange  made  between  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  said  Park  and 
the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  and  as  shown  on  a  plan  or  map  signed  in  triplicate  on 
the  day  of  ,  and  filed  in  the  offices  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  City,  of  the  said 

Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  and  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  respectively. 
That  within  this  line  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  shall  retain  all  the  control  neces- 
sary to  the  proper  preservation  of  the  reservoir  and  the  purity  of  its  waters,  and  may 
at  any  time  enter  upon  any  work  necessary  for  the  repair  and  improvement  of  its 
embankment,  or  the  conduit  and  pipes  leading  through  it,  without  further  refer- 
ence to  the  existence  of  said  bridle  road  than  that  it  shall  not  be  needlessly  injured 
or  obstructed,  and,  further,  that  within  this  line  there  shall  be  no  trees  planted,  nor 
shall  there  be  planted  any  shrubbery  other  than  the  hedge  above  mentioned,  and 
such  plants  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  as  not  likely  to  in- 
jure in  any  way  the  reservoir  embankment. 

Fifth.  That  the  said  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  shall  organize  and  en- 
force such  police  regulations  as  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  may  from  time  to  time 
decide  to  be  necessary  to  prevent  said  road  becoming  injurious  by  reason  of  its 
proximity  to  the  reservoir. 


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Sixth.  That  the  said  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  shall  *  on  sites  con- 
venient to  the  Gate  Chambers  of  the  new  reservoir  permit  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board  to  erect  dwellings  for.the  Keepers  of  the  said  new  reservoir  and  of  the  present 
receiving  reservoir. 

The  above  resolutions  were  copied  immediately  and  served  on  the  Central  Park 
Commissioners,  who,  after  some  delay,  returned  the  same  with  objections  and  amend- 
ments, through  their  President,  Mr.  Green,  for  which  see  copy  with  interlineations 
in  pencil,  on  file. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

February  3,  1859. 

The  Board  met  for  the  consideration  of  the  objections  and  amendments  of  the 
Central  Park  Commissioners  to  the  resolutions  of  January  12  ult.,  all  the  members 
present,  when  the  following  resolution,  with  preamble,  was  presented  by  Mr.  Craven, 
and  adopted: 

Whereas,  On  further*  consideration  of  the  resolution  passed  January  12,  which 
acceded  to  certain  propositions  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park,  under 
certain  conditions,  the  members  of  this  Board  are  convinced  that  the  interests  com- 
mitted to  their  charge  cannot  be  properly  preserved  unless  the  whole  of  the  reser- 
voir ground  be  retained  under  its  absolute  control;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  resolutions  of  the  I2th  instant  referred  to  be  and  are  hereby 
rescinded. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 

Notwithstanding  the  above  rescission  of  the  Board,  the  Central  Park  Com- 
missioners, through  their  President,  urged  a  reconsideration  of  the  whole  matter, 
which  resulted  as  follows: 

March  28,   1859. 

The  Board  met  again  to  consider  the  application  urged  by  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Central  Park  for  permission  to  construct  a  road  on  the  outer  slope  of  the  em- 
bankments for  the  new  reservoir,  when,  after  discussion,  the  following  resolution 
was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  while  this  Board  feel  every  desire  to  aid  as  far  as  possible  in 
beautifying  the  Central  Park,  they  are  convinced  that  they  are  not  vested  with  any 
authority  to  part  with  any  portion  of  their  jurisdiction  over  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Works. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  20,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  were  present. 
The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  the  Chief  Engineer: 

Whereas,  It  has  been  found  (by  the  Chief  Engineer)  that  the  excavations  within 
the  lines  of  the  new  reservoir  do  not  furnish  stone  of  sufficiently  good  quality  to 
make  a  suitable  facing  for  the  interior  slopes,  if  laid  dry,  but  that  the  same  stone 
will  make  a  good  slope  wail  if*laid  in  hydraulic  cement;  therefore 

Resolved  that  the  said  slope  wall  be  laid  in  cement  to  such  extent  as  the 
nature  of  the  stone  may  make  it  advisable,  such  change  and  such  character  of  work 
being  provided  for  in  the  contract. 

The  above  was  amended  by  inserting  the  words  "Chief  Engineer,"  as  above  in 
(  X  and  as  amended  passed. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  9,  1859. 
Presented  by  Mr.  Van  Schaick — 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  it  was  unani- 
mously 

Resolved,  That  the  Assistant  Commissioner  and  the  Chief  Engineer  of  this  De- 
partment shall  examine  the  certificates  which  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  the  work  on 
the  new  grand  reservoir  may  give  to  contractors  according  to  contract  or  for  the 
payment  of  salaries  or  daily  compensation  to  the  engineering  corps,  and  that,  being 
satisfied  of  the  correctness  of  the  prices  and  quantities  charged  and  the  compensa- 
tion made,  they  shall  sign  the  said  certificates  in  conjunction  with  the  President  in 
the  same  manner  as  the  certificates  on  account  of  sewers  are  signed  by  the  Board. 

THEO.  R.  DE  FOREST,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June   10,   1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  were  present. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  immediate  measures  be  taken  to  provide  duplicate  maps  of  the 
pipe  distribution  of  the  City,  one  copy  of  which  to  be  kept  for  daily  use,  and  the 
other  in  such  place  of  safety,  as  provision  against  the  contingency  of  the  loss  of  one 
of  them  by  fire  or  otherwise,  as  the  Board  may  determine. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

July  II,   1859. 

Meeting  of  the  Board,  all  present. 

Also  Mr.  Coleman  and  Mr.  Fairchild. 

Mr.  Craven  read  the  following  paper,  with  the  remark  of  Mr.  Green  on  the 
subject  of  the  grubbing,  with  the  extracts  from  the  specifications  of  the  contract: 

Mr.  Coleman  exhibited  the  practice  as  found  in  contract  for  original  Croton 
Aqueduct  Doc.  55,  1837,  in  which  the  grubbing  is  particularly  specified. 

McAlpin  specifications  for  water  works  at  Albany,  in  which  the  grubbing  is  a 
separate  item,  also  on  Brooklyn  Water  Works. 

Keifer,  for  Water  Works  in  City  of  Hamilton,  page  39. 

McAlpin,  on  Canal  and  Basin  at  Albany,  to  new  Baltimore.  Contract  on  New 
York  and  Erie  Canal. 

Contract  on  New  York  State  Canal. 

Albany  and1  Susquehanna  road,  excavation  includes  grubbing. 

Also  another  specification  not  named. 

Mr.  Coleman  views  the  concluding  sentence  in  section  5  to  include  only  grub- 
bing on  the  ground  occupied  by  the  embankments. 

The  contractors  make  objection  at  the  time  of  commencing  the  work  of  grubbing,  as 
they  found  it  to  be  more  extensive  than  they  supposed. 

The  contractors  do  not  now  claim  for  the  grubbing,  but  for  the  separation  of  the 
material  suitable  for  the  embankment  from  the  roots. 

Remarks  of  the  engineer  in  charge  on  written  application  of  the  contractors  for 
pay  for  grubbing,  etc.  Points  in  the  contract  bearing  on  this  subject. 


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Sec.  4.  To  clear  the  ground  to  be  occupied  by  the  reservoir  and  its  appur- 
tenances of  all  soil  and  other  matter  not  suitable  for  embankments.  To  excavate 
the  interior  of  the  reservoir  or  basins  and,  with  the  proper  earth,  to  form  the  em- 
bankments as  far  as  suitable  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  5.  All  soil  and  all  vegetable  matter  and  mud  to  such  depths  as  the  engineer 
may  at  any  point  determine  is  to  be  removed  from  all  space  within  the  lines  of  the 
water  slopes  of  the  reservoir  bank  and  placed  in  spoil  banks,  etc. 

Id.  All  stumps  and  roots  shall  be  grubbed  out  of  the  ground  to  be  occupied  by  the 
embankment,  and  all  wood  roots  and  rubbish  shall  be  removed  from  the  ground  and 
burnt  before  the  puddle  or  embankments  are  commenced. 

Sec.  16.  (Last  clause).  The  object  is  to  make  the  embankments  as  compact  and 
impervious  to  water  as  the  nature  of  the  material  will  admit  of,  and  all  work  on  puddle 
and  embankments  must  be  done  in  a  thorough  workmanlike  manner  with  a  view  to 
accomplish  this  object. 

Prices  for  work,  page  IO-E,  for  all  excavation,  whether  hard  pan,  quicksand,  stones, 
boulders,  or  otherwise,  excepting  solid  rock  which  requires  blasting,  and  excepting 
boulders  more  than  one-half  a  cubic  yard  in  capacity,  and  for  disposing  the  materials 
.according  to  the  specifications  in  spoil  banks  or  in  refilling  excavations,  etc. 

The  grubbing  was  ordered  as  being  required  by  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  specifica- 
tion. Sec.  4,  "other  matter"  clearly  includes  roots  from  which  the  ground  was  to  be 
•cleared. 

Sec.  5.  The  latter  part  of  5  Sec.,  viz.:  "and  all  wood  roots  and  rubbish  shall  be  re- 
moved from  the  ground  and  burnt  before  the  puddle  and  embankments  are  commenced," 
this  was  intended  to  apply  to  all  the  reservoir  ground  and  clearly  requires  the  separation 
of  the  roots  and  rubbish.  The  16  Sec.  requires  the  work  to  be  done  in  the  most  per- 
fect manner. 

I  think  that  the  above  clauses  of  the,  contract  clearly  justify  me  in  ordering  the 
grubbing  to  be  done.  Prices  for  work  (page  10  P).  This  clause  establishes  the  prices 
following  for,  in  all  respects,  completing  the  work  according  to  the  specifications  and 
the  requirements  of  the  engineer  under  them.  This  clause  was  depended  on  for  covering 
the  work  done  in  grubbing. 

The  above  are  the  points  which  I  presented  to  the  Board  at  the  former  time  when 
the  subject  was  discussed  on  which  Mr.  Craven  presented  as  my  grounds  of  decision. 

GEORGE   I.  GREENE, 

Eng.   Chg.    New   Res. 
July  7-  1857- 

The  above  reasons  set  forth  by  Mr.  Greene  as  the  grounds  on  which  he  gave 
the  order  for  the  separation  of  the  roots  from  the  earth,  for  which  the  contractors 


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claim  extra  compensation,  are  the  same  which  were  given  by  him  a*t  the  time  the 
matter  was  first  brought  before  our  Board. 

I  considered  Mr.  Greene  perfectly  justified  in  giving  the  order,  and  think  it  was 
a  proper  and  judicious  act. 

At  the  time  the  matter  was  discussed  I  thought  that  the  contract  specifications 
so  far  provided  for  the  separation  ordered  that  it  was  doubtful  whether  our  Board 
had  any  right  under  those  specifications  to  make  extra  allowance  therefor.  Further 
consideration  of  the  question  and  all  the  sections  bearing  on  it  lead  me  to  the  follow- 
ing conclusions:  That  the  material  in  question  cannot  be  considered  as  analogous  to 
that  generally  understood  as  material  from  which  roots  and  perishable  matter  are  to 
be  removed.  The  ordinary  culling  of  roots,  in  my  view,  applies  to  cases  where  their 
occurrence  is  comparatively  occasional  or  where  they  occur  from  bringing  material 
from  an  improper  place  or  from  ground  over  which  the  ordinary  grubbing  has  been 
improperly  done. 

In  this  there  seems  to  have  been  a  mass  of  undergrowth  extending  over  a  large 
space,  with  the  roots  penetrating  and  generally  worked  through  the  earth  to  a  con- 
siderable depth  below  the  surface.  The  contractors  allow  that  they  might  have  been 
obliged  to  grub  up  and  remove  that  mass  of  roots  and  all  and  deposit  the  whole  in 
such  place  designed  for  improper  material  as  the  Engineer  might  direct  without  ex- 
tra compensation,  but  claim  that  to  separate  the  roots  entirely  from  such  a  bed  was 
unusual,  and  was  not  contemplated  by  them. 

In  this  position  I  think  they  have  reason  on  their  side.  It  seems  to  have  been 
a  continuous  mass  of  roots,  requiring  unusual  labor  and  unusual  implements  in  this 
separation  for  the  purpose  of  saving  material,  and  .giving  them,  in  my  opinion, 
ground  for  claim  to  reasonable  extra  compensation. 

The  quantity  of  good  material  saved  by  the  operation  made  it  judicious  in  the 
Engineer  to  give  the  order  for  separation,  even  had  he  been  obliged  to  order  it  con- 
fidently in  the  first  place  as  extra  work. 

A.  W.  CRAVEN,  C.  E. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  15,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
By  Mr.  Craven- 
Resolved,  That  the  Assistant  Commissioner  act  as  Secretary  of  the  Board. 
Adopted. 

Mr.  Craven  then  stated  that  Mr.  Dean,  one  of  the  Clerks,  had  used  insulting 
language  to  the  Register  and  did  not  attend  to  his  duties,  he  being  frequently  absent 
from  the  office,  which  subject  was  laid  over  for  future  action. 

By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  formal  remarks  made  by^any  member  of  the  Board  at  its 
regular  meetings  be  inserted  in  the  Minutes,  which  Minutes  shall  be  read  and  ap- 
proved at  its  next  regular  meeting. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Chilton  and  Tracy  be  invited  to  accompany  the  Presi- 
dent and  Assistant  Engineer  to  the  Croton  lake  to  make  such  examinations  as  they 
might  deem  proper  and  necessary  in  regard  to  the  unpleasant  taste  of  the  water. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  22,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  minutes  of 

the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  subject  of  allowance  for  grubbing,    etc.,    to  contractors  New  Reservoir  was 

made  the  special  order  for  Wednesday,  the  24th  instant. 

Application   of  H.    Smith  to  be   refunded  moneys   paid   for  street   washer   was 

granted  when  he  produced  the  necessary  certificates  to  entitle  him  to  it. 

The  bills  of  I.  E.  Howard  for  affidavits $89  50 

The  bills  of  I.  E.  Howard  for  affidavits 38  13 

The  bills  of  I.  E.  Howard  for  affidavits 108  25 


_  $235  88 
— was  deferred  for  further  information. 


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Application  of  James  Coughran  for  report  on  meter  was  referred  to  the  Chief 
Engineer. 

Application  of  Mr.  Ludlam  for  parchment  for  assessment  rolls. 
By  Mr.  Tappen-— 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Dodge  procure  the  necessary  paper  and  parchment  for  the 
Surveyors,  and  the  same  be  charged  in  the  assessment  lists  by  Mr.  Craven. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Rea  &  Pollock  be  notified  to  appear  before  the  Board 
and  state  why  the  water  closets  removed  from  No.  153  Cedar  street  were  not  re- 
turned in  their  monthly  returns  to  this  Department. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  all  bills  previous  to  being  sent  to  the  Comptroller's  office  for 
payment  be  passed  by  the  Board. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  Edmund  E.  Dean  be  and  is  hereby  removed  from  the  office  of 
Clerk  in  this  Department. 
Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  24,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  bills  were  passed: 

S.  P.  Ayres,  stop  cocks $1,787  50 

Salaries  i  ,675  79 

Aqueduct  reps  &  imp 1,522  27 

Wells  and  pumps 99.  88 

Sewers,  repg  &  cleaning •. 1,326  85 

Water  pipes  2,952  oo 

Street   exp   &  paving 6,736  83 


The  contractors  New  Resr.  were  heard  in  relation  to  their  claim  for  extra  grub- 
bing, seperating,  etc.,  the  decision  of  which  was  deferred  to  a  future  meeting. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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79 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  30,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Mr.  Merrill  offered  to  furnish  bridge  stones  for  17  cents.    The  Water  Purveyor 
was  authorized  to  procure  what  was  wanting,  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Lynch  be  notified  that  unless  there  is  an  additional  force 
employed  in  building  the  sewer  for  draining  Upper  Gate  House,  New  Reservoir,  the 
contract  will  be  declared  void. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  Alexander  D.  Renton  be  appointed  General  Foreman  of  Sewer 
Repairing  and  Cleaning  in  place  of  Mr.  S.  Smith,  resigned. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  the  contractors  New  Reservoir  be  paid  one  hundred  and 
sixty  dollars  per  acre  for  extra  grubbing  and  separating  roots  and  earth  excavated 
from  the  interior  of  said  reservoir  on  31  92-100  acres  on  their  signing  a  re- 
ceipt, which  receipt  shall  be  in  full  for  all  claims  for  any  extra  work  in  grubbing, 
seperating,  burning  and  carrying  away  any  matter  on  the  grounds  of  said  reservoir; 
the  contractors  to  receive  pay  for  23  22-100  acres  now  done  and  to  be  paid  at  the 
same  rate  for  the  8  70-100  acres  when  done  and  approved  by  the  Engineer. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

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September  7,  1859. 
The  following  bills  were  passed: 

Brass  stop-cocks  $161  84 

Water  pipes 3,378  19 

Street  expenses 5,908  97 

Sewer  repairing  and  cleaning 1,675  14 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


8o 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  12,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  proprietors    Lafarge  Hotel    to  have  a  separate  tap  for  hotel  pur- 
poses.    Granted. 

Chief  Engineer  to  place  a  meter  on  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  for  three  months,  they 
to  pay  what  the  meter  may  indicate  at  the  usual  prices. 

American  Institute  to  have  the  water  for  their  fair  at  one  dollar  per  day. 

The  Chief  Engineer  was  authorized  to  confer  with  Counsel  in  relation  to  the 
Gale  Houses. 

Application  of  Hoboken  Ferry  Company  to  have  the  water  cut  off  and  portion  of 
money  returned.     Granted. 

William  Cowen  and  I.  S.  Matthews  were  appointed  Inspectors  of  Sewer  Open- 
ings and  Water  Connections  at  $2.50  per  day. 

John  B.  MacKean  was  appointed  Clerk  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Water  Register  in 
place  of  Edmund  Dean,  removed. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  20,  1859. 
The  following  bills  were  passed: 

Sewers,  repairing  an  I  cleaning $2,057  55 

Water  pipes 2,501  14 

Street  expenses 6,098  45 

Wells  and  pumps 717  71 

Salaries  3,459  25 

Iron  pipes 2>592  °° 


THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


8i 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  26,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr.  Craven,  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Aaron  B.  Rollins  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  Water  Purveyor  in 
place  of  Mr.  John  P.  Plender,  removed.  Said  removal  and  appointment  to  take 
effect  on  the  loth  of  October,  1859.  Mr-  Craven  and  Tappen  in  favor;  Mr.  Van 
Schaick  declined  voting. 

The  proposition  of  Fairchild,  Walker  &  Co.  of  September  23,  1859,  for  building 
Gate  Houses,  New  Reservoir,  was  laid  on  the  table. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

October  4,  1859. 
The  following  bills  were  passed: 

Water  pipes $3,696  88 

Mr.  Colwell   (pipes)    2,073  96 

Mr.  Tuthill    165  17 

Extension 2,941  56 

Street  expenses  and  paving 5,013  89 

Wells  and  pumps  195  25 

Aqueduct  repairs 2,336  75 

Sewer  repairing  and  cleaning 1,845  4° 


THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  4 

October  18,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  resolution  of  the  C.  C.  directing  that  Mr.  Laimbeer  be  allowed  to  connect 
with  sewer  by  a  12-inch  drain,  and  Mr.  M.  Burns  with  6-inch  brick  drains,  were 
passed,  and  the  following  resolution  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  communication  be  prepared  by  the  Chief  Engineer  for  the 
Board  giving  reasons  for  the  use  of  pipe  in  preference  to  brick  drains,  and  a  table 
showing  the  capacity  of  different  size  pipe  to  carry  water. 

By  Mr.  Tappen— 

Resolved,  That  Harmon  Eldredge  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  General  Inspector 
of  Pavements,  and  James  Reed  Clerk  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Water  Purveyor. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  Thomas  Charlock  be  appointed  one  of  the  Water  Police  in 
place  of  J.  H.  Conklin,  who  is  hereby  removed,  from  November  i,  1859. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  David  Wood  be  appointed  Inspector  in  place  of  I.  F.  Williams, 
who  is  hereby  removed,  from  November  I,  1859. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October  23,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Thomas  Brady  for  injury  to  horse  falling  in  manhole  on  the  i6th 
day  of  May,  1859,  in  Sixth  street,  125  feet  east  of  Avenue  A,  for  $150;  $75  was  allowed 
on  Mr.  Brady  signing  a  receipt  in  full  for  all  damage  sustained  by  the  accident. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


83 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  25,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  the  pay  of  John  Cornwell  was  increased  to  $2.50  per 
day. 

By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  Alex.  Renton  be  allowed  to  keep  his  horse  at  the  yard. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  2,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  Water  Purveyor  reported  that  the  Inspector  on  Thirty-eighth  street  was  not 
attending  to  his  duties.  He,  Mr.  Donovan,  was  removed  and  W.  T.  Ryer  appointed 
in  his  place. 

The  Contract  Clerk  was  directed  to  notify  Mr.  T.  A.  Drewe  that  unless  he  does  his 
work,  the  paving  of  Forty-first  street,  in  accordance  with  the  contract,  his  contract  will 
be  taken  from  and  the  Board  will  do  the  work  at  his  expense.  The  same  notice  was 
directed  to  be  sent  to  Mr.  Baird  on  the  paving  of  Forty-second  street. 

Also  to  notify  Mr.  Casey  that  unless  his  force  is  doubled  in  the  sewer  in  Water 
street  the  same  action  will  be  taken  by  the  Board. 

Resolved,  That  application  be  made  to  the  C.  C.  for  five  thousand  dollars  additional 
to  the  appropriation  for  water  pipes. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned 


84 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  18,  1859. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Mr.  Sacchi  gave  notice  that  he  would  stop  the  travel  across  his  land  to  the 
Aqueduct,  and  offered  to  sell  land  to  make  a  road,  there  being  no  convenient  access 
but  through  the  lands  of  Mr.  Sacchi.  The  President  made  the  following  proposition: 
To  give  $1,200  per  acre  for  so  much  of  the  land  as  might  be  necessary  to  make  the 
road,  which  was  adopted  and  declined  by  Mr.,  Sacchi. 

Adjourned. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  23,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  offered  by  Mr. 
Craven  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  for  bringing  an  additional  quantity  of  water  across  the 
High  Bridge  be  submitted  to  Mr.  Kirkwood  and  McAlpin  for  their  opinion  as  to  the 
best  mode  of  bringing  the  full  capacity  of  ^he  Aqueduct  to  the  City. 

Adjourned. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  7,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr. 
Craven,  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  passed  Nov.  23,  1859,  be  amended  by  adding  after  the 
word  McAlpin  the  names  of  Messrs.  Chesebro  and  Francis,  and  that  the  Chief  En- 
gineer notify  them  of  the  action  of  this  Board. 

Adjourned. 


85 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


December  I&  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  City  Inspector  be  notified  that  the  preservation  of  the  hydrants 
from  frost  during  the  cold  weather,  as  well  as  the  want  of  proper  depth  of  water  in  the 
reservoir,  renders  it  imperatively  necessary  that  until  further  notice  the  practice  of 
opening  the  hydrants  by  contractors  or  other  persons  engaged  in  sweeping  the  streets 
be  entirely  discontinued. 

By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  on  and  after  the  ist  of  January,  1860,  the  Clerks  in  the  Bureau 
of  the  Water  Registrar  shall  each  keep  a  book  and  enter  therein  the  receipts  for  water 
on  each  and  every  day  as  the  entries  are  made  in  the  record  books,  said  books  to  be 
balanced  each  afternoon  at  4  p.  m.  and  compared  with  the  footings  of  the  Registrar's 
book.  If  any  discrepancies  in  either  exist,  an  examination  shall  immediately  be  made 
to  make  the  same  correct. 

Adjourned. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


December  15,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  bill  for  Croton  water  be  sent  to  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  at  10 
a.  m.  to-morrow,  and  if  not  paid  or  satisfactory  security,  given  that  it  will  be  paid 
that  the  water  be  immediately  cut  off. 

Application  of  Mr.  E.  P.  Davis  for  permission  to  remove  the  basin  and  tulvert 
on  the  southeast  corner  of  Duane  and  Church  streets,  was  referred  to  Mr.  Craven. 

Complaint  against  Mr.  Gray  for  loaning  his  permit  was  dismissed,  there  being  no 
evidence  against  him. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


86 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  17,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  held  this  day,  an  application  was  received  from  Mr. 
Luther  M.  Marsh,  asking  for  an  opinion  of  the  Board  in  regard  to  the  damages  that 
might  be  sustained  by  the  City  should  the  injunction  be  granted  in  the  gate  house  con- 
troversy. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  an  answer  be  sent  to  the  communication  of  Mr.  Marsh  as  follows: 

The  suit  to  which  your  communication  of  this  date  refers  having  been  com- 
menced by  parties  not  connected  with  this  Department,  and  being  in  charge  of  the 
Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  the  Board  see  no  reason  for  any  interference  on  their 
part  or  any  communication  from  them  on  the  subject. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  19,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  held  this  day,  the  City  was  divided  into  districts  as 
follows1 

First  District — First,  Second  and  Third  Wards. 
Second  District— Fifth  and  Eighth  Wards. 
Third  District— Sixth  and  Fourteenth  Wards. 
Fourth  District — Fourth  and  Seventh  Wards. 
Fifth  District — Ninth  an'd  Fifteenth  Wards. 
Sixth  District— Tenth  and  Thirteenth  Wards. 
Seventh  District — Eleventh  and  Seventeenth  Wards. 

Eighth  District— Twelfth  Ward. 

f 

Ninth  District— Sixteenth  Ward. 
Tenth  District— Eighteenth  Ward. 
Eleventh  District— Nineteenth  Ward. 
Twelfth  District— Twentieth  Ward. 
Thirteenth  District— Twenty-first  Ward. 
Fourteenth  District — Twenty-second  Ward; 


8; 

— and  the  following-named  persons  appointed  on  the  water  police:  Thomas  Farren, 
George  Simpson,  Peter  Rush,  Laurence  Harvey,  John  A.  Van  Boskerck  and  Russell 
Newell.  On  investigation  of  the  charges  made  against  John'  Cornwell  by  P.  Chappell 
and  others. 

It  was  resolved,  that,  inasmuch  as  the  evidence  taken  does  not  prove  any  inten- 
tional wrong  on  the  part  of  Mr.  J.  Cornwell,  and  he  having  always  been  attentive 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  the  charges  against  him  be  dismissed,  and  the  President 
directed  to  reprimand  him  for  carelessness  in  making  out  his  payrolls,  and  that  he 
be  directed  in  future  to  lend  no  articles  to  the  Department  without  the  sanction  of 
the  Board  nor  borrow  from  any  contractor. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

December  22,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  allowed 
Mr.  William  H.  Mapes  for  damages  to  horses  and  carriage  on  the  7th  inst.  in  fall- 
ing into  a  hole  of  the  carriageway  of  Twenty-fifth  street,  near  Lexington  avenue, 
caused  by  break  in  the  pipes. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  granted  to  Mr.  Green  to  have  a  fire  hydrant  on 
the  premises  13  Spruce  street^  without  charge,  providing  he  file  a  bond  in  this 
office  that  the  same  shall  not  be  used  except  for  fires. 

Adopted. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  28,  1859. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 
Resolved,  That  the  Assistant  Engineer  flood  the  skating  pond  on  Central  Park 

to-morrow  morning,  if  the  Commissioners  desire  it,  and  report  the  effect  on  the 

reservoir  to  the  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


88 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


December  29,  1859. 

The  Assistant  Engineer  reported  that  he  called  on  the  officers  of  the  Central 
Park,  could  not  see  Mr.  Olmstead,  and  stated  to  them  his  business.  Their  reply  was 
that  the  pond  being  in  fair  condition,  they  would  prefer  leaving  it  for  a  short  time, 
and  would  advise  him  when  they  wanted  the  water.  He  was  then  directed  to  make 
the  experiment  whenever  it  was  desired. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


January  19,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolutions  offered  by 
Mr.  Craven  were  adopted,: 

Resolved,  That  the  charge  of  the  distributing  reservoir  with  the  mains  connect- 
ing it  with  the  upper  or  receiving  reservoirs  be  included  in  the  duties  of  the  Assistant 
Engineer  as  being  an  appropriate  portion  of  the  work  under  the  head  of  Aqueduct 
Repairs  and  Improvements. 

Resolved,  That  after  the  current  year  all  expenditures  on  the  said  distributing 
reservoir  and  the  connecting  mains  be  charged  under  the  head  of  Aqueduct  Repairs 
and  Improvement,  instead  of  Water  Pipes  and  Laying. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


January  21,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  resignation  of  Jonas  N.  Phillips  as 
one  of  the  Water  Police  was  received,  and  George  W.  Jewitt  was  appointed  in  his 
place. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


89 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  24,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  iron  doors  be  placed  at  the  entrance  to  the  distributing  reservoirs 
and  the  gate  houses  of  said  reservoir,  and  that  the  Chief  Engineer  procure  estimates 
for  the  same. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  12,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  no  permit  for  building  vaults  be  hereafter  granted  to  extend  be- 
yond the  line  of  the  curb  stone  excepting  wherein  contracts  have  been  already  entered 
into  for  occupying  two-fifths  of  the  street,  and  where  any  fire  hydrants  are  placed  on 
the  sidewalk  no  vault  will  be  allowed  within  five  feet  of  said  hydrant. 

Resolved,  That  application  be  made  to  the  Common  Council  for  authority  to  have 
the  upper  part  of  the  island  surveyed  with  a  view  of  introducing  a  proper  system  of 
sewerage  to  be  reported  to  the  Common  Council  for  approval. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


March  27, 1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  communication  was  received : 
To  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

In  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  Central  Park  during  the  coming  season  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Central  Park  will  require  an  adequate  supply  of  water  for  the  various 
purposes  of  construction. 

The  system  of  pipes  for  irrigating  the  park  is,  as  far  as  completed,  connected  with 
the  syphon  over  the  west  wall  of  the  reservoir.  It  will  be  a  very  great  convenience  if 
water  can,  by  means  of  the  pipes,  be  had  at  various  points  on  the  park,  as  required. 


90 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  respectfully  request  that  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board  give  instructions  to  allow  them  to  draw  water  from  the  reservoir  by 
means  of  the  syphon  as  it  is  required. 

Very  respectfully, 

AND.  H.  GREEN,  Comptroller  of  the  Park. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  application  of  the  Central  Park  Commissioners  to  draw  water 
by  means  of  the  syphon  over  the  west  walk  of  the  reservoir  be  granted,  with  the 
reservation  on  the  part  of  this  Board  to  stop  the  extra  supply  whenever  the  interest  of 
the  City  should,  in  their  judgment,  demand  it. 

Application  of  the  officers  of  the  Tradesmen's  Bank  to  extend  vault  beyond  the 
curb  stone  was  denied. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


April  2,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Mr.  John  P.  Cummings  sent  notice 
declining  to  execute  the  contract  for  building  sewer  in  Reade  street,  from  Broadway  to 
West  Broadway,  on  account  of  unnecessary  delay  in  the  confirmation  of  the  award. 

The  Contract  Clerk  was  directed  to  readvertise  for  estimates  for  building  the 
above  named  sewer. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


April  5,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  If  any  men  employed1  on  the  streets  are  found  idling  their  time,  it  will 
be  sufficient  cause  for  the  discharge  of  the  Foreman. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


91 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  7,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  offered1 
by  Mr.  Craven: 

Resolved,  That  in  consequence  of  repeated  violations  of  the  specifications  in 
the  contracts  for  paving  in  Fifth  avenue,  Sixth  avenue,  Forty-second,  Forty-sixth  and 
Fifty-first  streets,  the  several  contractors  on  said  streets  be  respectively  notified  that, 
under  the  authority  of  Section  C  of  the  specifications,  this  Board  directs  the  work 
under  the  several  contracts  to  be  discontinued,  which  was  laid  on  the  table,  and  the 
following,  offered  by  Mr.  Tappen,  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  contractors  on  the  above-named  streets  be  notified  to  be  at 
the  office  at  2  p.  m.  on  the  9th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

April  9,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Mr.  Craven  reoorted  that  it  was 
necessary  to  procure  a  horse  and  wagon  for  the  Assistant  Engineer  during  the 
prosecution  of  the  work  on  High  Bridge  and  Eighth  avenue,  and  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolution,  which  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Engineer  be  authorized  to  procure  a  horse,  wagon  and 
harness  for  the  use  of  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  the  High  Bridge  improvement  and 
lowering  the  pipes  on  the  Eighth  avenue,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  1APPEN.  Secretary. 


92 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  19,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Mr.  Benson  in  behalf  of  the  washing  establishment  in  Mott  street 
for  an  additional  supply  of  water  referred  for  explanation. 

The  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  to  be  held  on  the  first  and  third  Tuesday 
of  each  month  at  2  p.  m.  Two  members  of  the  Board  to  be  a  quorum  to  transact 
business. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


April  20,  1860. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Mr.  Craven  offered  the  follow- 

• 
ing  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Young,  Inspector  on  Sixth  avenue,  be  dismissed  for  gross 
inattention  to  his  duties,  as  witnessed  by  the  Chief  Engineer.  Amended  by  the 
President  that  he  be  notified  to  be  present  at  the  office  at  12  m.  on  the  2ist  inst.,  and 
that  he  be  suspended  in  the  meantime. 

Amendment  adopted. 

Messrs.  Stephens  and  Ta^en,  affirmative. 

Mr.  Craven,  negative. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  contractors  on  Sixth  avenue  be  notified  to  discontinue  all  work 
on  their  contract  on  the  said  avenue  in  accordance  with  authority  given  in  Section  C 
of  said  contract. 

Amendment  by  the   President: 

And  that  said  contractors  be  notified  to  be  at  the  office  at  12  m.  on  the  2ist  inst. 

Amendment  adopted. 

Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen,  affirmative. 

Mr.  Craven,  negative. 

The  resolution  as  amended  was  then  adopted. 

Communication  from  Daniel  McGiven  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


93 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  24, 1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  for  the  consideration  of  the  resolutions 
offered  by  the  Chief  Engineer  at  the  last  meeting  in  relation  to  the  inspectors  and 
contractors  on  Sixth  avenue,  the  Board  having  visited  the  several  works  in  progress, 
found  that  contractors  generally  were  not  fulfilling  their  contracts  in  accordance 
with  the  specifications,  and  that  the  work  on  said  avenue  was  being  done  as  well  as  any 
other  work  in  progress,  although  found  as  charged  by  the  Chief  Engineer,  and  there 
appearing  to  be  a  general  impression  on  the  part  of  contractors  and  inspectors  that  the 
specifications  were  not  meant  to  be  carried  out,  it  was  deemed  advisable,  after  con- 
sultation, to  give  all  parties  having  contracts  definite  notice  that  the  Board  will  exact 
compliance  with  the  specifications  on  all  contracts,  and  that  any  material  deviation 
therefrom  will  be  cause  for  the  immediate  discharge  of  the  Inspector  and  the  sus- 
pension of  the  work  in  progress.  Which  was  adopted. 

Mr.  Herriman  reported  that  superintending  the  making  connection  with  sewer  in 
Essex  street,  opposite  No.  162,  he  found  the  crown  of  said  sewer  four  inches  thick. 

Mr.  Craven  offered  the  following : 

Resolved,  That  Caspar  Andes,  the  Inspector  on  building  sewer  in  Essex  street,  be 
dismissed  from  further  employment  as  Inspector. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  a  contract  be  entered  into  with  Mr.  E.  B.  Peet  for  granite  for  gate 
houses,  for  cut  range  masonry  ten  dollars,  dimension  cut  stone  masonry  thirteen  dollars 
and  fifty  cents,  to  be  delivered  at  wharf  at  Hell  Gate. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  25,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  application  of  Mr.  Benson  for  a  four- 
inch  pipe  with  three  inch  meter  attached  to  supply  the  washing  establishment  in  Mott 
street  was  granted. 

The  application  of  Mr.  Doolittle  for  the  privilege  of  using  a  portion  of  the  land  over 
the  Aqueduct  was  denied,  being  contrary  to  the  general  rules  found  necessary  by  the 
Board  for  the  protection  of  the  Aqueduct. 


94 

The  Engineer  submitted  the  plans  and  the  report  of  the  Commissioner  for  bringing 
an  -extra  supply  of  water  across  the  High  Bridge.  After  examination  and  discussion 
it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  pipes  now  on  the  bridge  remain  as  they  are,  to  be  used  in 
case  of  accident,  and  that  the  water  be  brought  over  in  a  wrought  iron  pipe  (gal- 
vanized) seven  and  a  half  feet  in  diameter,  and  that  the  Engineer  in  charge  make  the 
necessary  inquiries  and  report  at  as  early  a  day  as  possible  when  the  material  and 
work  can  be  procured  to  the  best  advantage.  Said  pipe  to  be  placed  in  the  centre 
of  the  bridge,  and  two  feet  from  the  present  pipe,  and  that  the  walls  be  carried  up 
to  a  proper  height,  coped  and  an  iron  railing  placed  thereon  in  accordance  with 
plan  shown.  The  pipe  to  be  arched  over  and. pavement  laid  in  cement  between  the 
said  walls  so  as  to  make  the  same  water  tight,  the  estimated  cost  thereof,  $188,500. 

The  Engineer  was  directed  to  prepare  an  agreement  with  Messrs.  Fairchild, 
Walker  &  Co.  to  build  the  gate  houses  for  the  new  reservoir,  they  agreeing  to  do 
all  the  work  similar  to  that  in  the  contract  for  the  new  reservoir  at  the  same  prices 
as  charged  therein,  and  for  all  other  work,  being  stone  masonry  and  iron  work,  to  re- 
ceive 5  per  cent,  on  the  cost  thereof,  as  full  compensation  for  superintending,  furnish- 
ing labor  and  all  materials,  derricks,  etc.,  connected  therewith  in  setting  the  said 
stone  masonry  and  iron  work. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  i,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  High  Bridge 
improvement  reported,  on  application  of  Mr.  Cheesebrough  for  steamboat  landing  at 
High  Bridge,  that  all  the  ground  belonging  to  the  Department  at  High  Bridge 
would  be  wanting  during  the  progress  of  the  work,  and  that  a  dock  would  be  required 
for  the  landing  of  the  material  for  the  improvement.  The  application  was  therefore 
denied,  it  being  contrary  to  the  general  usage  of  the  Department,  they  having  at  all 
times  forbid  the  use  of  any  portion  of  the  Aqueduct  grounds  except  for  the  use  it 
was  originally  intended. 

Application  of  Mr.  H.  Young  to  build  vault  beyond  the  curb  sjtone  in  Leonard 
street,  laid  over. 

Communication  from  Mr.  Peet  that  he  had  transferred  his  quarry  to  Mr.  Stevens,, 
who  was  ready  to  make  contracts  for  granite.  (On  file.) 


95 

The   following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  contract  be  entered  into  with  Mr.  Stevens  for  granite  on  the 
same  terms  as  agreed  upon  with  Mr.  Peet. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


April  3,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  Mr.  Craven  stated  that  the  ground  on 
the  corner  of  Ninth  avenue  and  Ninety-second  street  that  was  wanting  for  a  gate 
house  was  to  be  sold  at  auction  this  day.  He  was 'authorized  to  employ  Mr.  Dumont 
to  attend  the  sale  and  bid  as  high  as  $6,000  for  three  lots. 

Resolution  received  from  the  C.  C.  directing  the  Board  to  grant  permit  to  Henry 
Solmes  to  build  vault  in  Clinton  street  beyond  the  line  of  curb  stone.  Laid  over, 
and  the  following  resolution  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  communication  be  made  to  the  C.  C.  explaining  their  reasons 
for  confining  the  vaults  to  the  width  of  the  sidewalks. 

Mr.  Craven  reported  that  the  stone  used  in  paving  Forty-second  street  between 
Tenth  and  Eleventh  avenues  was  not  such  as  is  called  for  by  the  contract,  many  of 
them  being  too  large  and  l?id  flat.  The  pavement  not  to  be  received  until  the  stones 
are  replaced  with  smaller  stones. 

Application  of  Reservoir  Inspector  for  increase  of  pay,  laid  over. 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  Messrs.  Keegan,  White,  Cornwell,  Renton  and  Wil- 
liams be  two  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  day;  also  Messrs.  Cowan  and  Herri- 
man. 

Adopted. 

The  Water  Purveyor  was  directed  to  see  where  drinking  hydrants  were  neces- 
sary and  report  to  the  Board. 

The  minutes  of  previous  meetings  were  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


96 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

4 

May  7,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  communication  was  re- 
ceived: 

Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  be  requested  to  apply 
to  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to  pass  a  resolution  granting  the  right  to  the  Central 
Park  Commissioners  to  control  and  use  the  earth  now  deposited  around  the  Reser- 
voir. 

J.  E.  M.  VAN  NEST,  Clerk  to  Commissioner. 

The  following  resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Craven  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  be  authorized  to  make 
use  of  the  waste  material  placed  outside  of  the  embankments  of  the  New  Reservoir, 
provided  that  this  Board  have  the  right  to  reserve  such  portions  of  it  as  may  be 
necessary  in  the  completion  of  the  reservoir,  and  provided  further  that  in  the  re- 
moval of  the  said  material  by  the  said  Commissioners,  proper  arrangements  shall  be 
Imade  that  the  contractors  for  said  reservoir  shall  not  be  interfered  with  in  any 
degree  in  the  prosecution  of  their  work  by  the  persons  employed  for  such  removal. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

May  8,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  four  additional  gangs  of  men  be  placed  on  the  repairing  of 
pavements  forthwith. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Williams  report  to  the  Water  Purveyor  the  name  of  any 
party  employed  on  the  repairing  of  the  streets  that  he  finds  idling  his  time,  and  that 
the  Water  Purveyor  dismiss  the  parties  so  named,  unless  there  should  be  some  good 
reason  for  not  doing  so,  which  reason  he  shall  report  to  the  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


97 
CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


May  n,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution 
was  adopted: 

The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  having  been  informed  by  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Fifth  Division  that  Mr.  John  Hobbs,  of  the  Village  of  Yonkers,  has  removed  the 
.lock  from  and  fastened  the  gate  on  the  Aqueduct  ground;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  'Board  deem  a  gate  necessary,  and  that  the  Superintendent 
be  directed  to  open  the  said  gate  and  secure  the  same  with  a  suitable  lock,  and  he 
is  hereby  directed  to  notify  the  said  Hobbs  that  if  he  again  removes  the  lock  or  in- 
terferes with  the  gate  he  will  be  dealt  with  according  to  law. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  16,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  application  of  Mr.  Bird  to  extend  vault 
beyond  the  line  of  the  curbstone,  he  having  executed  a  lease  of  the  premises  in 
February  for  five  years,  as  per  plans,  which  show  the  vault  as  part  of  the  agreement, 
the  lease  and  plans  being  submitted  to  the  Board. 

The  application  was  granted. 

Application  of  Mr.  Snooks  to  build  vault  in  Duane  street  beyond  the  line  of  the 
curbstone.  The  said  vaults  were  commenced  during  the  past  year  and  party  walls 
built  with  owners  of  adjoining  property,  but  want  of  means  delayed  the  work.  Evi- 
dence of  the  above  laid  before  the  Board.  The  application  was  granted. 

By  Mr.  Craven — 

Whereas,  A  question  has  arisen  as  to  the  legality  of  the  resolutions  under  which 
this  Board  is  now  proceeding  with  the  improvements  at  the  High  Bridge,  and  the 
lowering  the  main  pipes  on  the  Eighth  avenue  by  "days'  work"  instead  of  by  con- 
tract, 

Resolved,  That  until  his  Honor  the  Mayor  decides  whether  he  will  approve  of 
the  prosecution  of  the  work  in  its  present  form,  all  the  said  work  at  the  High  Bridge 
and  Eighth  avenue  be  suspended. 

Adopted. 


98 

Resolved,  That  an  advertisement  for  40,000  pounds  pig  lead  bet  inserted  in  the 
papers  and  that  a  contract  for  that  amount  be  made. 

Adopted. 

Application  of  Engine  Company  12  for  a  hydrant  in  front  of  house.    Granted. 

Application  of  Foreman  of  Culverts  for  increase  of  pay.     Laid  over. 

Resolved,  That  Alex.  T.  Renton,  General  Inspector  of  Sewers,  be  directed  by 
the  Water  Purveyor  to  visit  as  often  as  practicable  the  sewers  in  course  of  construc- 
tion and  report  to  the  Water  Purveyor  the  character  of  the  materials  and  work,  and 
also  report  as  to  the  attention  of  the  several  Inspectors  on  duty. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  21,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  proposals  be  received  for  furnishing  648,000  pounds  boiler  iron 
for  pipe  across  High  Bridge,  plates  to  be  six  feet  by  eight  feet,  and  100,144  pounds 
flange  iron. 

Adopted. 

By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  a  contract  be  made  for  laying  the  four  feet  pipe  in  Fourth  ave- 
nue from  upper  to  lower  reservoir. 

Mr.  Stephens  moved  to  lay  the  same  on  the  table    and  offered  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  a  communication  be  sent  to  the  Common  Council  at  its  next 
meeting  stating  that  a  contract  has  been  entered  into  for  four  feet  pipe  for  an  addi- 
tional main  to  the  City,  and  that  it  is  advisable  to  lay  the  same  by  "days'  work,"  and 
that  the  necessary  authority  be  granted  to  do  the  same. 

Adopted. 

By  Mr.   Craven — 

Resolved.  That  the  Corporation  Counsel's  opinion  be  asked  whether  any  action 
by  this  Board  carrying  out  the  resolution  of  the  C.  C.  in  relation  to  iron  pavement 
in  Cortland  would  be  legal  and  binding  oil  the  City. 

Adapted. 


. 

99 
By   Mr.   Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  Mr.  Alex.  Renton  be  fixed  at  three  dollars  per  day. 
Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  a  communication  be  made  to  the  C.  C.  asking  that  the  Inspectors' 
pay  on  streets  be  increased  to  two  dollars  per  day,  and  also  to  reorganize  the  Depart- 
ment so  as  to  make  it  in  accordance  with  additional  work  put  upon  it. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  i,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Mr.  Craven  stated  to  the  Board  that  on  the  assumption  of  work  cm  sewers  in 
April  last  the  contractor,  D.  McGinn,  of  the  sewer  in  Thirty-ninth  street,  between 
Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues,  was  notified  to  commence  his  work,  and  that  the  said 
contractor  declined  to  do  so  until  some  agreement  was  made  in  settlement  of  claim 
he  had  on  account  of  certain  extra  work  alleged  to  be  made  necessary  by  an  alleged 
error  in  the  grade  marks  given.  Mr.  Craven  further  stated  that  after  this  refusal  was 
put  in  writing  by  said  McGinn  and  presented  to  the  Board,  he,  Mr.  Craven,  called  on 
the  Corporation  Counsel  to  know  whether  this  Board  had  authority  to  make  any  set- 
tlement whatever  in  regard  to  extra  claims,  and  was  told  that  the  Board  had  no  such 
authority,  that  the  contractor  must  go  on  and  finish  the  work  and  put  in  his  claim 
afterwards.  Much  time  was  los*t  after  this  in  trying  to  induce  the  contractor  to  go  on, 
and  finally  he  modified  his  claim  so  far  as  to  demand  that  an  agreement  of  arbitration 
should  be  made.  To  Mr.  C.'s  inquiries  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  on  this  point, 
answer  by  the  C.  C.  was  given  that  this  Board  had  no  authority  to  accede  to  it,  but 
that  the  Comptroller  had  certain  powers  in  the  settlement  of  old  claims,  and  that  he 
could  make  such  disposition  of  the  case  as  in  his  judgment  would  be  proper.  Mr. 
C.  then  urged  the  contractor  to  see  the  Comptroller  on  the  subject,  and  after 
much  time  !ost  he.  the  contractor,  told  Mr.  C.  that  he  had  sent  to  or  seen  the 
Comptroller,  but  could  get  nothing  satisfactory  from  him.  After  this  interview  Mr. 
C.  was  enabled  to  see  the  Comptroller  for  the  first  time  on  the  30th  of  May,  and 
was  told  by  him  that  he  did  not  think  it  a  case  for  present  adjustment,  and  that  so  far 
as  he  was  concerned  the  contractor  must  finish  his  contract.  Mr.  C.  then  called 
on  the  Corpn  Counsel,  and  on  a  statement  of  the  answer  of  the  Comptroller, 


;.  100 

was  told  by  the  Corpn  Counsel  that  there  was  nothing  left  for  this  Board  to  do 
but  to  notify  the  contractor  to  proceed  with  his  work,  and  on  his  neglect  to  do  so  to 
readvertise  the  work.  After  which  statement  Mr.  C.  offered  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  the  contractor  for  the  sewer  in  Fortieth  street,  Tenth  avenue  to 
Ninth  avenue,  through  Ninth  avenue  to  Thirty-ninth  st,  and  through  Thirty-ninth 
street  to  Eighth  avenue,  be  directed  to  resume  his  work  on  said  contract  within  three 
days  from  the  service  of  a  notice  to  that  effect,  and  that  should  the  said  contractor 
refuse  or  neglect  to  resume  his  work  as  directed  that  the  unfinished  portion  of  his 

work  be  readvertised  and  relet  immediately. 

\  .-.'•' 

Adopted. 

Mr.  Craven  laid  before  the  Board  a  certificate  from  Dr.  I.  C.  Peters,  his  phy- 
sician, stating  that  in  his  opinion  a  change  of  air  had  long  been  necessary  for  his 
health,  and  that  now  it  had  become  imperatively  necessary.  Mr.  Craven  then  an- 
nounced his  intention  of  leaving  the  City  on  the  4th  of  June  for  about  two  weeks. 

John  Russell,  first;  Laurence  Langan,  second,  and  James  Martin,  third,  were  ap- 
pointed Inspectors  on  Sewers,  their  pay  to  commence  when  the  works  are  started. 

Charles  Fredericks  was  appointed  Inspector  on  State  street. 

John  Wolfe  was  appointed  Inspector  on  Thirty-sixth  street,  between  Fifth  and 
Sixth  avenues. 

The  appointment  of  Inspectors  on  Amity  and  Reade  streets  was  laid  over. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  2,   1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  communication  from  the  Mayor  was 
received  sanctioning  the  work  of  lowering  pipes  on  Eighth  avenue,  which  had  been 
stopped.  It  was  then  ordered  that  the  Engineer  proceed  with  the  work  on  Eighth 
avenue  with  all  dispatch. 

By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  a  communication  be  sent  to  the  Mayor  stating  the  necessity  of 
going  on  with  the  work  at  High  Bridge  and  asking  whether  he  will  countersign  the 
warrants  therefor. 

Adopted. 


101 


By  Mr.  Craven- 


Resolved,  That  proposals  be  received  for  the  mechanical  work  in  constructing 
tube  across  the  High  Bridge,  including  the  cost  of  receiving  the  plates  from  the 
manufacturers  and  delivering  them  at  High  Bridge. 

Adopted. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved.  That  no  Inspectors  be  appointed  hereafter  on  any  work  until  the  same 
be  confirmed  by  the  Common  Council. 

Adopted. 

By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Purveyor  notify  the  contractor  for  paving  Twentieth 
street  what  is  necessary  to  be  done  to  the  work  before  the  same  can  be  received,  and 
that  he  notify  Mr.  Baird,  the  contractor  on  Forty-second  street,  to  clean  the  street 
so  that  he  can  see  what  is  necessary  to  be  done  thereto  to  make  the  same  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  contract. 

Adopted. 

Application  for  a  new  meter  on  Nos.  22  and  24  Frankfort  street. 
Granted. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Whereas,  A  contract  has  already  been  entered  into  for  the  furnishing  of  pipe 
four  feet  diameter  intended  for  a  better  connection  between  the  receiving  and  dis- 
tributing reservoirs;  and 

Whereas,  The  necessity  for  completing  the  whole  of  the  work  contemplated  in 
this  connection  during  the  present  season  is  imperative;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  proposals  be  at  once  invited  for  all  the  work  necessary  in  grading 
the  bed  for  the  pipe,  and  in  putting  the  pipe  properly  down,  including  all  the  haulage 
from  the  wharves  at  which  it  may  be  delivered  by  the  manufacturers,  and  all  the  cost 
of  lead,  yarn  and  other  materials  necessary  for  the  work. 

Resolved,  That  the  time  for  opening  the  proposals  made  under  the  advertise- 
ment be  12  m.  on  Monday,  the  i8th  of  June,-  and  that  the  proposals  be  at  that  time 
opened  and  the  work  awarded,  unless  previous  action  of  the  Common  Council  shall 
make  it  necessary  to  do  the  required  work  otherwise  than  by  contract. 

Which  were  adopted. 


102 

By  Mr.  Craven —  * 

Resolved,  That  I.  I.  Noble  be  suspended  from  duty  as  Inspector  until  the  Mayor 

shall  have  time  to  investigate  certain  charges  alleged  against  him. 
L 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

June  9,   1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

By  Mr.   Stephens — 

Resolved,  That  an  addition  of  two  men  be  made  to  the  Water  Police  and  that 
districts  be  assigned  them  by  the  Water  Registrar. 

Adopted. 

By  Mr.   Stephens — < 

Resolved,  That  Frederick  S.  Flender  be  removed  as  Assistant  Foreman  at  the  yard, 
and  Eugene  Sullivan  appointed  in  his  place. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  James  Hope,  Wm.  H.  Cooke,  Cornelius  Woods  and  Mortimer 
Sullivan  be  appointed  on  the  Water  Police,  and  that  John  C.  Hopper  and  Stephen 
Bonnell  be  removed  therefrom. 

Adopted. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  16,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day : 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Cooke  resigned  and  John  Kerrigan  was  appointed  in  his  place. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  18,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolutions,  offered  by  Mr. 
Craven,  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  proposals  be  received  for  the  mechanical  work  constructing  tube 
across  High  Bridge.  •  , 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  asked  for  his  opinion  whether  there  is 
any  necessity  for  the  confirmation  of  contracts  by  the  Common  Council  made  under  the 
resolution  authorizing  the  High  Bridge  improvements. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  6,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Mr.  Craven  offered  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolution : 

Whereas,  On  the  ist  of  May  last  an  Inspector  was  selected  by  this  Board  to  super- 
vise the  sewer  about  to  be  constructed  in  Sixth  avenue  between  Fiftieth  and  Fifty-first 
streets;  and  whereas  his  Honor  the  Mayor  (who  had  already  claimed  that  all  Inspectors 
under  this  Department  should  be  sworn  by  him)  refused  to  swear  in  said  Inspector  in 
consequence  of  certain  charges  which  he  stated  had  been  alleged  against  him ;  and  where- 
as, on  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  the  Chief  Engineer,  said  Inspector  was  suspended  from  the 
work  in  order  to  give  his  Honor  the  Mayor  an  opportunity  of  investigating  the  said 
charges,  and  the  ivlayor  was  duly  advised  of  said  suspension;  and  whereas,  by  a  letter 
dated  June  9,  the  Mayor  informed  this  Board  that  the  charges  against  the  said  In- 
spector were  disproven,  but  notwithstanding  said  letter  or  note  and  said  exculpation,  his 
Honor  still  refused  to  swear  in  said  inspector,  giving  said  Inspector  as  a  reason  for 
said  refusal  that  he  had  promised  the  contractor  on  said  sewer  not  to  swear  him  in; 
and 

Whereas,  Acquiescence  in  such  a  reason  for  dismissal  of  any  Inspector  would  tend  to 
a  total  subversion  of  the  ability  of  this  Board  to  have  any  of  the  work  committed  to  its 
charge  performed  honestly  and  according  to  the  contracts  made  on  behalf  of  the  parties 
assessed;  therefore 

Resolved,  lhat  the  inspector  aforesaid  be  reappointed  on  said  sewer  in  Sixth 
avenue,  according  to  the  original  selection  and  action  of  this  Board.  Said  appointment 


104 

being  by  virtue  of  the  authority  given  by  the  Charter  to  this  Board  to  appoint  Inspectors 
on  all  work  for  the  faithful  performance  of  which  this  Board  is,  by  the  same  charter, 
held  solely  responsible. 

Mr.  Tappen  offered  the  following  amendment: 

Whereas,  Mr.  John  Russell  having  been  appointed  Inspector  on  the  above- 
named  sewer,  and  the  Board  believing  him  to  be  fully  competent  to  have  the  work 
performed  in  accordance  with  the  specifications  for  the  same,  they  see  no  reason 
to  change  the  said  Inspector,  he. having  been  appointed  without  solicitation  of  either 
contractor  or  Mayor. 

Amendment  adopted  by  the  following  vote: 
Stephens  and  Tappen,  affirmative. 
Craven,  negative. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

July  10,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Central  Park  be  allowed  to  extend 
the  syphon  in  the  reservoir  at  Eighty-sixth  street,  providing  they  put  said  syphon  in 
charge  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  reservoir,  and,  as  the  supply  of  water  is  limited, 
the  Commissioner  be  requested  to  see  that  there  is  no  waste,  and  that  no  water 
be  put  upon  the  roads,  except  by  the  sprinkling  carts. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  secretary. 


105 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  17,   1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held1  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  paving  of  Thirty-seventh  street,  between  Lexington 
and  Fourth  avenue,  and  Forty-sixth  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues,  be 
received  on  the  contractors  executing  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  each  to  do  whatever  repairs  may  be  deemed  nec:ssary  by  the  Board  to 
said  pavements  within  one  year  from  the  date  of  said  bond. 

Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen,  affirmative. 

Mr.  Craven;  negative. 

Resolved,  That  no  employee,  be  allowed  to  leave  their  duty  without  the  permis- 
sion of  the  Board. 
Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  19,   1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  hekl  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  all  the  pipes  necessary  to  be  laid  in  the  Central  Park  to  conduct 
the  water  to  and  from  the  reservoir  to  the  public  streets  or  avenues  of  the  City  be 
laid  forthwith,  so  that  the  park  will  not  be  interfered  with  after  the  grading  of  the 
same. 

Resolved,  That  no  Foreman  be  allowed  to  receive  any  present  from  men  in  their 
employ  either  while  the  work  is  in  progress  or  on  the  completion  of  the  same,  and 
that  any  Foreman  violating  the  above  rule  will  be  dismissed  and  not  employed  there- 
after. 

Resolved,  That  no  damage  having  arisen  from  the  delay  in  completing  the  sewer 
from  the  north  gate  house,  new  reservoir,  the  Board  does  not  deem  it  just  to  exact 
the  penalty  therefor. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  becretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


July  26,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution 
was  adopted : 

Whereas,  The  Mayor  has  signified  his  willingness  to  countersign  the  warrants 
for  laying  the  four-foot  main  pipe  on  Fourth  avenue  in  accordance  with  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  Common  Council, 

Resolved,  That  the  work  be  commenced  immediately. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  2,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  on  notice  of  Mr.  Craven,  the  com- 
pensation of  Mr.  Wadleigh  as  General  Foreman  on  Fourth  avenue  was  fixed  at  five 
dollars  per  day. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  7,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 
The  following  communication  was  received: 

Mayor's  Office, 

August  7,  1860. 

THOMAS  STEPHENS,  Esq.: 

Dear  Sir — I  was  directed  by  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  when  he  left  town  on  Fri- 
day last,  that  in  case  the  Board  of  Councilmen  should  pass  a  resolution  in  relation 
to  staying  proceedings  as  to  pipe  from  the  distributing  to  the  receiving  reservoir 


to  request  that  you  stop  action  in  accordance  with  the  expressed  will  of  this  branch 
of  the  City  Legislature. 

In.  pursuance  of  these  directions,  I  enclose  you  herewith  a  certified  copy  of  said 
resolutions. 

I  am  respectfully, 

I.  ^B.  AULD,  Clerk. 

The  following  notice  was  directed  to  be  sent  to  Mr.  Greene,  the  Engineer  in 
charge :  . 

G.  S.  GREENE,  Esq.: 

Dear  Sir — You  will,  in  obedience  to  the  above  resolution,  suspend  all  operations 
on  the  above  named  work  until  the  further  order  of  this  Board. 

THOS.  STEPHENS, 
THOS.  B.  TAPPEN, 

C.  A.  B. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary, 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September   13,   1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  communication  from  the  Mayor  in  relation  to  signing  the  warrants  for  lay- 
ing the  pipe  on  Fourth  avenue  was  read.  It  being  indefinite,  the  Board  decided  that 
they  would  not  be  justified  in  going  on  by  day's  work.  The  contract  was  accordingly 
awarded  to  A.  J.  Hackley,  he  being  the  lowest  bidder. 

Mr.  Daniel  D.  Miller,  claim  for  demurrage  on  barge  "Hurley,"  $75,  she  having 
been  detained  five  days,  was  allowed. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October  3,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  reports  trom  trie  Superintendent  to  this  Board  that  the  number 
of  visitors  to  the  reservoir  on  Sunday  was  so  large  that  he  could  not  restrain  them 
from  committing  various  improper  acts. 

Resolved,  That  the  Central  Park  Commissioners  be  requested  not  to  open  a 
communication  between  the  walks  in  the  park  and  the  walks  around  the  reservoir, 
unless  they  place  a  sufficient  police  force  for  the  proper  protection  of  the  water,  until 
further  arrangements  can  be  made  by  this  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

October  9,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Notice  was  sent  to  the  contractors  for  paving  Sixth  avenue  to  omit  the  paving 
between  the  rails,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Common  Council. 

Mr.  Emanuel  Burton  sent  a  communication  to  the  Board  asking  an  appropria- 
tion for  his  son's  funeral  expenses,  he  being  in  the  employ  of  the  Board  at  the  time 
of  his  decease,  and  supposed  to  have  taken  cold  in  making  an  examination  of  the  in- 
terior of  the  aqueduct. 

The  following  was  adopted: 

While  the  Board  feel  deep  sympathy  with  and  would  feel  inclined  to  assist  him  if 
in  their  power,  they  know  of  no  authority  that  would  justify  the  appropriation  of 
public  funds  for  the  object  specified. 

Laurence  McNeeny  was  appointed  Inspector  on  sewer  in  Fifty-second  street; 
contractor,  Wm.  Baird. 

Thomas  McDougal  was  appointed  Inspector  on  Fifty-ninth  street  sewer;  I. 
Crowley,  contractor. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


IOQ 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

November  14,  1860. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Messrs.  Hopper  and  Tone  for  additional  compensation  for  teams 
was  denied,  they  having  been  paid  the  sum  allowed. 

Application  of  Foremen  of  paving  gangs  for  compensation  for  time  the  gangs 
were  not  at  work.  Denied. 

The  Engineer  in  charge  of  laying  pipes  in  Central  Park  was  directed  to  have  the 
time  for  working  reduced  to  nine  hours  during  the  winter  months  and  that  he  pay 
the  men  accordingly. 

Mr.  Neefus  reported  a  number  of  Huses  meters  as  being  out  of  order,  and  he 
was  directed  to  place  the  Worthington  meter  on  instead  of  those  now  in  use. 

Communication  from  the  Comptroller  declining  to  approve  of  the  sureties  for 
the  contractor  for  building  wells  in  Tenth  avenue  ordered  on  file. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  i,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Mr.  Craven  and  Tappen  present. 

Application  of  S.  E.  Mead  relative  to  the  water  in  the  Smithsonian  house,  denied. 
Application  of  Mr.  Beekman  to  be  reimbursed  for  laying  water  pipes,  denied. 

Messrs.  Heckman  and  Randolph,  in  behalf  of  the  Warren  Foundry,  offered  to 
furnish  -12,000  feet  of  48-inch  pipe  of  the  same  quality  as  those  furnished  under  the 
contract  for  $34.38  per  ton,  and  for  special  castings,  $67.20  per  ton. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


no 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  19,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

Mr.  Matthew  D.  Green  was  appointed  Inspector  of  City  Railroad. 
Adjourned 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


December  28,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meetings  were  read  and  approved. 
Mr.  Craven  offered  the  following: 

Resolved,   That   M.   A.    Renton   be   dismissed  for  being  absent  without   leave. 
Amended  by  Mr.  Tappen  that  he  be  reprimanded  therefor,  which  was  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  31,   1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
Mr.  Craven  offered  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  the  Ninth  Avenue  Railroad  Company  be  directed  to  lower  their 
track  on  Ninth  avenue,  north  of  Fifty-second  street,  in  accordance  with  the  grade 
of  said  avenue,  by  the  loth  inst.,  and  that  the  Street  Commissioner  be  notified  thai 
said  track  is  not  laid  in  accordance  with  the  grade  of  the  street. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  contractor  and  Inspector  be  notified  to  stop  all  work  on 
paving  until  the  loth  inst. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


. 
Ill 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

January  9,  1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Communication  was  received  from  the  Brooklyn  Water  Commissioner  asking 
for  a  conference  in  regard  to  supplying  steamboats  with  water.  Agreed  to. 

The  Contract  Clerk  was  directed  to  notify  Mr.  Devlin  that  the  work  he  has 
done  on  Fifty-fifth  street  sewer  will  not  be  received,  and  that  if  he  builds  any  more 
without  the  written  permission  of  the  Board  the  contract  will  be  declared  void. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  22,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen, 
the  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  Samuel  Sneeden  and  Thos.  F.  Rowland  have  the  assent  of  this 
Board  to  assign  to  William  Borden  and  George  W.  Quintard  all  or  any  money  pay- 
able, or  which  may  become  payable,  for  work  done  or  to  be  done  under  contract  of 
August  8,  1860,  between  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  New 
York  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  and  Samuel  Sneeden  and  Thos.  F.  Rowland, 
doing  business  under  the  name  and  firm  of  Samuel  Sneeden  &  Co.,  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  wrought  iron  pipe  over  the  High  Bridge. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


112 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


February  4,  1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Mr.  Baird  for  remission  of  overtime  on  sewer  in  Seventh  avenue. 
Denied. 

The  bill  for  breaking  pipe  on  the  above  sewer  was  remitted. 

Application  of  Mr.  Jardine  to  proceed  with  the  work  on  the  sewer  in  Ninth  ave- 
nue refused  until  the  weather  is  suitable  for  the  work. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  David  Wood  was  received  and  Mr.  Franklin  Connor  ap- 
pointed in  his  place,  on 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


February  8,  1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Mr.  I.  H.  McCabe  to  receive  the  sewer  in  Eighty-fourth  street,  it 
being  all  completed  satisfactorily,  except  the  grading  of  the  street.  Application  granted 
on  his  filing  a  bond  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  grade  the  street  as  soon  as 
the  weather  will  permit. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


IT3 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  12,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
Mr.  Craven  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  in  all  contracts  for  pavement  hereafter  to  be  made  the  contract 
shall  require  that  an  excavation  of  twelve  inches  be  made  below  the  pavement  and 
that  a  layer  of  broken  stone  to  pass  through  a  two-inch  ring,  of  six  inches  in  depth> 
be  required,  and  six  inches  of  clean  sand,  on  which  the  pavement  shall  be  laid. 
By  Mr.  Tappen — 

Resolved,  That  the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  obtained  as,  to  the 
legality  of  the  resolution  extending  the  time  for  the  building  of  sewer  in  Eighty-fourth 
street. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

February  21,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Craven  and  Tappen  present. 
The  bond  of  C.  C.  Ellis  for  constructing  sewer  in  Tenth  avenue  was  approved. 
The  following  communication  was  sent  to  the  Central  Park  Commissioners :  * 

Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

February  21,  1861. 

R.  M.  BLATCHFORD,  Esq.,  President: 

In  the  progress  of  opening  the  trenches  for  the  pipe  in  the  park  we  find  it  neces- 
sary to  relieve  the  trench  from  water,  and  would  ask  permission  to  lay  a  pipe  to  coij- 
nect  with  the  pond  as  shown  on  accompanying  map  and  profile. 

Respectfully, 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Assistant  President.* 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  H.  Eldredge  was  received  as  Inspector  of  Pavements,  to 
take  effect  February  16,  1861. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


114 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


March  2,  1860. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  several  gas  companies  of  the  City  make  a  monthly  report  of 
all  street  openings  made  for  any  purpose  by  them. 

Mr.  Merkle  was  appointed  Clerk  to  the  Water  Register  in  place  of  M.  C.  Fleet, 
to  taken  effect  on  the  I5th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  5,  1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

Application  of  the  Central  Park  Commissioners    to    draw    water    through  the 
syphon  to  sprinkle  the  roads.     Granted. 

An  allowance  of  fifty  dollars  was  made  to  Mr.  E.  D.  Truesdell  for  attending  ad- 
journed sales  of  land  in  Sing  Sing. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  H.  Eldredge  was  received,  which  was  accepted. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  16,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present, 
Mr.  O.  Bright  was  apoointed  Water  Policeman  in  place  of  Andrew  Armstrong,  re- 
moved. William  King  and  Everett  Green  were  appointed  Clerks  in  Bureau  of  Water 
Registrar  in  place  of  J.  E.  Howard  and  Seymour  V.  Moody,  removed,  to  take  effect 
on  the  3ist  inst. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  19,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  an  inventory  be  taken  of  all  the  tools  and  stock  on  hand  in  the 
several  yards  of  the  Department  and  in  the  hands  of  the  Foremen  of  the  gangs. 
Adopted. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  15,   1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 
The  following  resolution  by  Mr.  Stephens  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Foremen  on  the  culverts  be  allowed  two  dollars  per  day. 
Roger  Dowling  and  Michael  McMahon  were  appointed  Water  Policemen  in  place 
of  Tobias  Laurence  and  Clark  Vanderbilt,  removed,  to  take  effect  the  3Oth  inst. 
Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  10,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  advertisement  calling  for  proposals  for  digging  the  trenches 
and  laying  the  pipe  through  the  Central  Park,  from  the  gate  houses  of  the  New 
Reservoir,  together  with  the  proposals  received  thereon,  be  submitted  to  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel  for  his  examination,  and  that  his  opinion  be  requested  as  to 
whether  under  the  law  passed  April  16,  1860  (chapter  449),  this  Board  has  not  the 
right  to  make  such  selections  from  the  said  proposals  as  they  may  deem  most  ad- 
vantageous to  the  City,  or  whether  they  are  precluded  from  such  action  by  the  hw 


passed  April  17,  1861,  and  also  that  his  opinion  be  asked  whether  in  case  no  one  oi 
the  parties  bidding  under  this  advertisement  other  than  the  lowest  tan  be  selected 
on  the  terms  of  his  bid  as  put  in,  this  Board  is  not  at  liberty  to  reject  all  the  bids 
and  proceed  to  finish  the  work  in  such  manner  as  they  may  deem  the  interests  of 
the  City  require. 

Whereas,  The  Commissioners  of  the  Metropolitan  Police  have  consented  to  de- 
tail eight  men  as  constant  guard  at  the  High  Bridge  to  protect  it  so  long  as  this 
Board  may  deem  it  necessary;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Temporary  Watchmen  or  Special  Policemen  placed  as  a 
night  guard  at  the  bridge  by  this  Board  be  discontinued  when  said  Policemen  are  so 
detailed,  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Police  notified  thereof. 

The  following  correspondence  was  ordered  to  be  engrossed  on  the  minutes: 

May  7,  1861. 
JAMES  BOWEN,  Esq.,  Superintendent  M.  Police: 

Dear  Sir — Our  Board  has  deemed  it  advisable  to  place  upon  certain  exposed  po- 
sitions of  the  Aqueduct  a  sufficient  force  to  protect  it  from  injury  during  the  day  and 
night.  The  force  so  employed  in  this  County  and  on  High  Bridge  amounts  to  38 
men,  including  reliefs.  They  have  been  sworn  in  as  Special  Policemen  by  your  Board. 
The  Comptroller  of  the  City  objects  to  paying  men  for  this  service,  on  the  ground 
that  the  regular  police  is  sufficiently  large  to  allow  special  details  to  protect  the 
public  property.  Please  inform  us  at  your  earliest  convenience  if  the  above  number 
of  men  can  be  detailed  from  the  regular  force  for  special  duty  on  the  Aqueduct. 

Yours  respectfully, 
THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Assistant  Commissioner. 


May  8,  1861. 
T.  B.  TAPPEN,  ESQ.,  C.  A.  Board: 

Sir — The  Board  of  Police  will  afford  such  general  protection  to  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct, in  this  County,  as  is  extended  to  other  public  works  and  buildings,  but  it  is  im- 
possible with  the  .present  police  force  to  grant  the  special  protection  which  your 
Board  seems  to  require  for  the  Croton  Aqueduct. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  BOWEN,  President. 


May  8,  1861. 
R.  T.  HAWS,  Esq.,  Comptroller: 

Dear  Sir  —  (A  copy  of  the  above  note). 

In  view  of  the  above,  this  Board  has  deemed  it  necessary  to  continue  the  guard 
that  they  have  appointed  on  the  Aqueduct  for  the  present,  but  will  dispense  with  them 
?iS  soon  as.  in  their  judgment,  it  will  be  safe  so  to  do. 

Yours  respectfully, 
THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Assistant  Commissioner. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  13, 1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  an  addition  of  four  men  be  made  to  the  Water  Police  to  attend  to 
lbr»  street  openings,  and  that  Patrick  Callahan,  Daniel  Linn  and  George  Patterson  be 
appointed  thereto. 

Resolved,  That  James  Reed  be  and  he  is  hereby  transferred  from  Clerk  to  the 
Water  Purveyor  to  the  Water  Police  to  attend  to  the  street  openings. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


June  14,  1861 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  Mr.  Craven 
offered  the  following,  which  was  adopted:  , 

The  work  on  the  pavement  of  Thirty-first  street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh 
avenues,  and  on  Fiftieth  street,  between  Second  and  Third  avenues,  being  suspended 
on  the  I3th  inst,  by  order  of  the  Board,  on  account  of  violation  by  the  contractor  cf 
the  provisions  of  the  contracts, 

Resolved,  That  the  contractor  for  said  streets  be  required  to  take  up  the  pavement 
now  laid,  and  remove  entirely  from  the  ground  such  blocks  of  stone  as  do  not  conform 


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in  dimensions  and  character  to  the  specifications,  and  that  he  also  remove  from  the 
ground  such  stone  now  delivered  on  the  line  of  the  work  but  not  laid,  which  do  not 
accord  with  the  specifications.  That  after  the  objectionable  stones  are  thus  removed, 
and  the  roadbed  properly  prepared,  the  contractor  be  permkted  to  go  on  with  the 
work  in  accordance  strictly  with  the  specifications. 

Resolved,  Tnat  should  the  contractors,  after  thus  resuming  work,  still  continue  t< 
violate  the  terms  of  their  contracts,  that  the  said  contracts  be  declared  void,  and  that 
the  work  be  finished  by  this  Board  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  said  contracts. 

Resolved,  That  the  provisions  of  the  above  resolutions  be  carried  out  under  the 
direction  of  the  Water  Purveyor. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


June  18,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  the  new  reservoir  be  in- 
creased to  twenty-eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  that  of  the  Engineer  at  High- 
bridge  to  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  Said  increase  to  date  from  the  first  day  of 
June,  1 86 1. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN.  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


June  20,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  following  prices  be  paid  Fairchild,  Walker  &  Co.  for  laying 
the  pipe  from  the  north  and  south  gate  houses  to  connect  with  the  pipe  about  being 
laid  by  Mr.  Brown  on  the  north  side  and  Buckingham  &  Co.  on  the  south  side,  in 
accordance  with  the  specifications  for  laying  pipe  south  of  south  gate  house: 

On  the  north  end — 

Rock    excavation 

Earth  excavation 

Embankment   

Laying  pipe ' 

Unloading  and  hauling  pipe,  per  ton 

On  the  south  end — 

Rock    excavation 2  oo 

Earth  excavation 30 

Embankment 30 

Laying  pipe * i  75 

Unloading  and  hauling  pipe,  per  ton 2  oo 


Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,   Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  29,  1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

Mr.  Thos.  Farren  was  appointed  Clerk  to  the  Water  Register  in  place  of  Mr.  I. 
Howard. 

Mr.  McManus  was  appointed  Water  Policeman  in  place  of  T.  Farren  and  Peter 
Tally  in  place  of  Mr..  Hopper  on  the.  Water  Police.  Said  appointments  and  re- 
movals to  take  olace  on  the  ist  of  September,  1861. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,   Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

September  6,  1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Invitation  from  the  Water  Commissioners,  Jersey  City,  to  examine  their  works 
on  the  i8th  inst.  Accepted. 

Mr.  Wm.  Cowan  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Sewers  and  Repairs  in  place 
of  A.  D.  Renton.  The  Contract  Clerk  was  directed  to  notify  Mr.  Lynch  to  execute 
the  contract  for  paving  the  Tenth  avenue  within  two  days  or  he  would  be  placed 
in  default.  , 

Adjourned. 

THOS.   B.   TAPPEN,   Secretary. 

CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December   13,   1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

Mr.  Fisher  Weeks  was  appointed  Inspector  of  Sewer  Connections  in  place  of 
Alex.  Renton,  to  take  effect  on  the  i6th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.   B.  TAPPEN,    Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  17,   1861. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day  the  following  communication  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Central  Park  Commissioners,  which  was  assented  to,  as  follows: 

Gentlemen — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  a  plan  for  the  arrangement  of 
the  ground  at  the  southwest  corner  of  the  old  reservoir  on  the  Park,  showing  the  ex- 
tent of  the  wall,  the  removal  of  which  will  be  required. 

The  assent  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to  the  carrying  out  of  this  plan  is 
respectfully  requested. 

The  present  condition  of  the  Park  work  in  the  neighborhood  renders  it  very 
desirable  that  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  take  as  prompt  action  in  the  premises  as 
is  practicable.  .  , 

Very  respectfully, 

A.  H.  GREEN,  Comptroller  Central  Park. 


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December  17,  1860. 
A.  H.  GREEN,  Esq.,  Comptroller  Central  Park: 

Dear  Sir — The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  assent  to  the  removal  of  the  wall  on 
the  southwest  corner  of  the  Receiving  Reservoir  as  shown  in  the  map  received  from 
you  on  the  nth  instant,  on  the  condition  that  some  suitable  monument  be  placed  to 
designate  our  line,  and  that  no  public  walk  be  made  thereon  and  on  the  further  con- 
dition that  if  at  any  time  it  should  be  found  necessary  to  occupy  the  same  for 
reservoir  purposes  no  objections  will  be  made  thereto. 

Yours  respectfully, 

THOS.  STEPHENS,  President  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  30,   1861. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  T.  Farren  as  Clerk  in  Water  Registrar  Bureau  was  ac- 
cepted, and  Mr.  Wm.  King  appointed  in  his  place. 

Mr.  Linn  having  accepted  another  position,  his  place  on  the  Water  Police  was 
declared  vacant,  and  M.  J.  Reed  was  removed. 

Mr.  T.  Farren  and  Mr.  Morton  were  appointed  on  the  Water  Police,  the  said 
change  to  take  effect  on  the  1st  of  January,  1862. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


January  13,  1862. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  Messrs.  Craven  and  Tappen  present. 

The  claim  of  Daniel  F.  Tieman  for  damages  to  his  stock  for  overflowing  the 
same  by  emptying  the  pipes  in  Manhattan  valley,  amounting  to  $2,586.77,  was  al- 
lowed. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


January  28,  1862. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  hold  this  dav,  Messrs.  Craven  and  Tappen  present. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  Captain  G.  S.  Greene  was  granted  leave  of  ab- 
sence for  six  months,  from  the  ist  of  February,  1862,  without  pay,  he  having  accepted 
an  appointment  as  Colonel  in  the  United  States  Army. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.   B.  TAPPEN,   Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  27,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  the  following 
communication  was  received  from  the  Central  Park  Commissioners: 
To  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

I  think  it  will  be  practicable  to  construct  the  carriage  road  on  the  line  as  shown 
on  the  plan  heretofore  sent  to  you  at  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Reservoir,  so  that 
the  surplus  material  now  lying  on  the  Reservoir  slope  at  that  point  may  remain  un- 
disturbed, provided  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  will  remove  a  like  amount  of  ma- 
terial, say  from  five  to  six  thousand  yards,  from  points  to  be  designated  on  the  Cen- 
tral Park,  to  conform  the  slope  of  the  Reservoir  to  the  park  lines,  and  also  put  the 
same  amount  of  muck  they  propose  for  the  Reservoir  slopes  on  the  slopes  as  ad- 
justed to  the  park  lines — the  haul  of  this  amount  of  material  not  to  be  materially,  if 
any,  longer  than  the  haul  would  be  to  remove  the  material  now  at  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  the  Reservoir  to  the  points  on  the  Reservoir  slopes  where  it  is  required. 

Will  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  have  the  kindness  to  advise  me  at  its  earliest 
convenience  whether  the  above  proposition  will  be  acceptable? 

Februray  21,  1862. 

Very  respectfully, 

•AND.  H.  GREEN,  Comptroller  of  the  Park. 

A.  H.  GREEN,  Esq.,  Comptroller,  C.  P.: 

Dear  Sir — In  reply  to  yours  of  the  2ist  inst.  the  Board  have  decided  that  so  far 
as  regards  the  muck  on  the  slopes  the  proposition  be  accepted,  providing  the  con- 
tractors are  not  delayed  in  finishing  the  outer  slope.  As  regards  the  removal  of  the 
material  at  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Reservoir,  the  contractors  will  be  directed  to 


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remove  a  sufficient  quantity  to  give  a  proper  slope  to  the  embankment  to  such  place 
as  you  may  direct  within  the  limits  of  the  contract. 

Respectfully, 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Assistant  Commissioner. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Park  rendered  a  bill  amounting  to  eleven  hundred  and 
seventy-six  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents  for  expenses  they  claimed  to  have  been  put 
to  by  laying  the  pipe  through  the  park  to  August  31,  1861.  Five  hundred  and  fifty- 
seven  72-100  dollars  ($557.72),  being  considered  proper  charges  against  this  Depart- 
ment, was  allowed. 

The  salary  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Dearborn.  Eng.,  in  charge  of  new  reservoir  and  High 
Bridge,  was  fixed  at  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Park  bill  to  January  22,   1862,  amounting  to  $659.16. 
The  charge  for  inspection  being  deducted,  the  balance,  $393.66,  was  allowed. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  2,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present,  Mr.  William 
C.  Rhodes  was  unanimously  appointed  as  Registrar  of  Water  Rents  in  place  of  R.  C. 
Hance.  deceased. 

Communication  from  the  Comptroller  stating  that  Edward  McGuire  was  in 
default  at  the  Street  Department,  and  returning  his  bid  for  the  sewer  in  Pearl  street 
which  was  then  awarded  to  John  Duffy,  he  being  the  next  lowest  bidder. 

The    salary   of  Wm.    Cowan   was   fixed   at   $3.25   per   day   as    Superintendent    of 

Sewers. 

The  contract  for  cutting  the  granite  and  building  the  junction  gate  house  was 
awarded  to  Pomeroy  &  Matthews  for  the  sum  of  four  thousand  two  hundred  and 
forty-three  dollars,  to  be  built  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  at  the 
Engineer's  office.  The  painting  to  be  omitted. 

Mr.  Smith  made  a  claim  for  two  hundred  dollars  for  damage  to  his  land  in 
Ninety-second  street,  which  was  referred  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEis,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  15,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
Mr.  Gough  made  an  application  for  damages  to  his  property  on  Fifth  avenue, 
near  Sixty-third  street,  which  was  denied. 

Mr.  R.  L.  and  A.  Stuart,  application  to  extend  vaults  beyond  the  curb  line. 
Denied. 

Mr.  Butler,  application  to  lay  a  leaden  pipe  across  the  aqueduct.     Granted. 
Tax  bill,  $368.12,  Yonkers.     Ordered  paid. 

Mr.  Pomeroys  and  Matthews,  bill  for  constructing  junction  gate  house  was 
amended  to  $4,234.95. 

Contract  was  made  with  Mr.  S.  Stevens  for  cutting  granite  for  superstructure  of 
gate  houses. 

Joints,  10  cents  square  foot;  Pd.  face,  18  cents  square  foot;  Pn.  hmd.,  18  cents 
square  foot ;  Pp.  hmd.,  25  cents  square  foot ;  bev.  arris,  25  cents  square  foot. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPED.  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 
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May  30,   1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Messrs.  Stephens  and  Tappen  present. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  A.  Merkle  as  Clerk  to  the  Water  Purveyor  was  accepted. 

Mr.  John  Sigmund  was  appointed  in  his  place. 

W.  V.  Le  Count  was  removed  from  the  office  of  Accountant  to  the  Water  Regis- 
trar, and  Mr.  W.  King  transferred  to  the  place. 

•Mr.  G.  Howard  was  appointed  Clerk  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Water  Registrar. 

Mr.  Tully  and  Mr.  Blauvelt  were  removed  from  the  Water  Police  and  Mr.  Felix 
McNally  and  John  Mack  appointed. 

Mr.  Charles  B'oice  was  appointed  Foreman  in  the  pipe  yard  in  place  of  Mr.  F. 
Flender,  removed. 

Mr.  I.  Salmon  was  appointed  Assistant  Foreman  in  the  pipe  yard. 

The  above  appointments  and  removals  to  take  effect  the  ist  of  June,  1862. 

Adiourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

June  4,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 
Mr.  Henry  Howard  was  appointed  Inspector  of 'Vaults,  Areas  and  Cisterns. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Mayor  informing  the  Board  that  the 
Grand  Jury  had  indicted  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New 
York  for  keeping  the  receiving  basins  in  a  filthy  condition. 

The  following  reply  was  directed  to  be  sent  to  his  Honor  the  Mayor: 

Sir — The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  beg  leave  respectfully  to  acknowledge  the  re- 
ceipt of  yours  of  the  3d  inst.,  informing  them  of  a  communication  received  by  you 
from  the  District  Attorney  stating  that  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  ol 
the  City  had  been  indicted  by  the  Grand  Jury  of  the  County  for  maintaining  a 
nuisance  in  the  Sixth  Ward,  in  that  they  kept  the  receiving  basins  in  a  filthy  con- 
dition, to  the  great  damage  of  the  good  people  of  that  neighborhood. 

In  reply  to  which,  it  may  be  proper  to  state,  that  for  the  keeping  of  the  various 
sewrs  and  receiving  basins  clean  and  in  good  repair,  we  asked  for  an  appropriation 
of  $30,000  for  the  current  year;  this,  notwithstanding  our  remonstrance,  was  reduced 
to  $20,000. 

Being  desirous  of  keeping  the  expenditure  within  this  limit,  and  knowing  that 
during  the  summer  months  the  necessity  for  maintaining  the  sewers  and  basins  in 
proper  cleanliness  was  of  much  greater  importance  than  during  the  remainder  of 
the  year,  an  increase  of  the  force  usually  employed  in  these  operations  was  delayed 
until  the  first  of  the  present  month. 

Early  in  the  spring,  from  complaints  received  at  this  office,  we  were  satisfied  that 
the  persons  employed  in  street  cleaning  were  in  the  practice  of  washing  a  large  por- 
tion of  the  filth  of  the  gutter  into  the  basins.  The  attention  of  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Police  was  promptly  called  to  this  matter  in  the  hope  that  the  same  would  be 
remedied.  Should  this  practice,  however,  be  continued  the  additional  expense 
thrown  on  this  Department  will  make  an  additional  appropriation  under  the  head  of 
Sewers,  Repairs  and  Cleaning  for  the  current  year  imperatively  necessary. 

An  additional  force,  as  before  stated,  is,  however,  now  employed,  and  the  source 
of  the  particular  complaint  referred  to  will  in  a  few  days  be  removed,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  no  occasion  will  in  future  be  found  for  complaint  as  to  the  condition  of  the 
sewer  and  basins  in  any  part  of  the  city. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

THOS.  STEPHENS,  President. 


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By  Mr.  Craven — 

That  a  sufficient  force  be  put  on  to  clean  the  sewers  and  basins  ^forthwith. 
Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June  u,   1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day. 

Messrs.  Craven  and  Tappen  present. 

Mr.  Lanihan,  to  whom  was  awarded  the  contract  for  building  sewer  in  Thirty- 
eighth  street,  between  Second  avenue  and  East  river,  having  failed  to  sign  the  con- 
tract, after  due  notice,  he  was  declared  in  default  and  the  Clerk  directed  to  readver- 
tise  the  sewer. 

'ihe  price  for  the  excavation  for  vaults,  areas,  etc.,  to  be  one  dollar 
per  square  foot  for  buildings  used  exclusively  for  dwellings;  for  all  other  purposes, 
two  dollars  per  square  foot.  No  alteration  to  be  made  in  the  prices  unless  by  unani- 
mous consent  of  the  Board. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 

•  • 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


June  14,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Application  of  Mr.  Joyce  for  relief  as  to  overtime,  he  having  been  delayed  by  the 
breaking  of  the  Croton  pipes.    $250  was  allowed  as  compensation  for  the  detention. 
By  Mr.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  pipes  be  laid  to  conduct  the  gas  from  the  Fifth  avenue  to  the 
south  gate  house,  and  that  the  same  be  lighted  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  four  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  sixty  dollars  be  allowed  as  full  compensation  to  Robert  Donnell  for 
the  use  of  tugboat  taking  skewbacks  and  rods  to  the  High  Bridge. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  5,  1862. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  water  be  introduced  into  the  new  Grand  Reservoir  on  Tuesday, 
the  ipth  inst.,  and  that  a  notice  be  inserted  in  the  daily  papers  inviting  the  public  to  be 
present  on  the  occasion. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  19,1862. 

The  water  was  let  into  the  new  Grand  Reservoir  on  this  day  at  3  p.  m.  The  signal 
was  given  by  the  Chief  Engineer,  Alfred  W.  Craven,  Esq.,  when  the  ten  influent  gates 
was  raised  simultaneously,  and  the  Croton  flowed  through  to  the  delight  of  the 
thousands  that  were  present  to  witness  the  great  event.  His  Honor  the  Mayor  then 
introduced  Mr.  Myndert  Van  Schaick,  who  delivered  an  address,  after  which  Mr. 
McChesney  recited  an  ode  prepared  for  the  occasion,  and  with  an  address  by  Mr.  Marsh 
and  music  by  Mr.  H.  Dodworth's  Band,  the  ceremonies  ended  and  the  assembled 
multitude  dispersed  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  contractors,  Messrs.  Fairchild, 
Walker  &  Company,  at  their  office. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  15,  1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 

Mr.  I.  F.  Dawson  was  appointed  Assistant  Superintendent  on  the  eighth  division 
of  the  Aqueduct  at  the  new  reservoir,  at  a  salary  of  $800  per  annum. 

Claim  of  Mr.  Gough  for  $289.75  for  damages  to  land  and  vegetables  caused  by 
break  in  Fifth  avenue  pipes.  Sixty  dollars  was  allowed  to  settle  the  above  bill  in  full. 

Mr.  Cuming  presented  a  claim  for  damages  caused  by  the  delay  in  receiving  the 
pipes  for  Manhattan  valley;  said  delay  being  provided  for  in  the  contract.  The  claim 
was  not  admitted. 

Adjourned. 

THOS.  B.  TAPPEN,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  6,  1862. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  being  present. 

An  application  was  received  from  the  Central  Park  Commissioners  for  permis- 
sion to  plant  shrubbery  on  the  slopes  of  the  new  reservoir,  which  was  refused. 

A  communication  was  received  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  requesting  the 
Board  to  stimulate  the  contractor  in  the  execution  of  the  work  of  paving  Fifth  ave- 
nue, from  Forty-second  to  Forty-ninth  street.  The  Engineer  was  directed  to  in- 
form the  Mayor  that  the  contractor  would  be  required  to  complete  the  work  in  the 
t:me  prescribed  by  the  contract,  and  if  he  should  fail  to  do  so  that  the  penalty 
provided  in  the  contract  would  be  enforced. 

An  application  was  received  from  the  Central  Park  Commissioners  for  permis- 
sion to  remove  the  fence  inclosing  receiving  reservoir,  which  was  refused. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Warden  of  the  State  Prison  at  Sing  Sing 
complaining  that  their  supply  of  water  was  inadequate  and  less  than  formerly. 
The  Engineer  was  directed  to  inform  him  that  the  head  of  water  in  the  aqueduct 
was  the  same  as  it  had  always  been. 

The  Engineer  was  authorized  to  consult  with  the  Central  Park  Commissioners 
with  reference  to  the  location  of  a  house  for  the  gatekeeper  of  the  receiving  reservoir. 
Adjourned. 

.ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December   13,    1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  resolution  was  offered 
by  Com.  Stephens: 

Resolved,  That  the  Register  be  requested  to  report  to  this  Board  which  hotels, 
distilleries  and  slaughterhouses  have,  and  which  have  not,  got  meters  attached,  and  what 
amount  each  pay  to  this  Department. 

Adopted. 
By  Com.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  consider,  after  personal  examination  by  all  its  mem- 
bers, that  the  contractors  for  paving,  etc.,  Chambers  street  and  James  slip,  from 


Chatham  street  to  South  street,  with  trapblocks,  and  parts  of  the  intersecting  streets 
affected  by  the  change  of  the  grades  thereof,  with  cobble  stones,  are  wilfully  violating 
the  provisions  of  their  contract  and  executing  the  same  in  bad  faith;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  contract  with  Jardine  &  Johnson  for  paving,  etc.,  said  streets 
be  and  is  hereby  annulled,  under  the  authority  so  to  do  set  forth  in  Covenant  D  of 
said  contract. 

Adopted. 
By  O  m.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  Chambers  street  and  the  intersecting  streets,  from  a  point  near 
Batavia  street,  being  the  termination  of  the  pavement  laid  under  a  contract  with 
Jardine  &  Johnson,  to  Chatham  street,  be  put  in  a  passable  condition  until  the 
resumption  of  work  on  trapblock  pavements  in  the  year  1863. 

Adopted. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December   15,   1862. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  this  day,  all  the  members  present. 
By  Com.  Craven — 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Jno.  L.  Brown,  Thos.  Crimmins,  A.  Auchmuty  and 
Matthew  Murry  be  requested  to  estimate  on  the  work  of  laying  temporary  cross 
walks  and  rendering  New  Chambers  street  passable  during  the  winter. 

Adopted. 
By  Com.  Stephens — 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Register  be  directed  to  notify  the  Water  Police  that 
after  this  date  no  member  thereof  will  be  allowed  pay  for  any  day  he  neglects  to  re- 
port himself  to  the  Water  Register,  except  leave  of  absence  be  granted  by  the  Board, 
and  that  the  Water  Register  furnish  each  member  with  a  copy  of  this  resolution,  to- 
gether with  the  rules  and  regulations  established  for  the  government  of  the  Water 
Police  and  defining  their  duties  and  report  to  the  Board  any  neglect  in  carrying  out 
the  same  on  the  part  of  the  Water  Police. 

Adopted. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  22,  1862. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and  A. 
W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  Craven: 

Resolved,  That  the  various  applications  for  water  to  flood  private  skating  ponds  be 
granted  on  the  following  conditions,  viz. : 

First — That  the  permission  to  be  considered  to  continue  only  at  the  will  and  dis- 
cretion of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board;  that  it  shall  be  stipulated  in  writing  by  the 
applicant  that  should  at  any  time  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  deem  it  advisable  to 
discontinue  the  supply,  it  shall  be  made  no  ground  of  complaint  or  of  demand  for 
damages  by  the  said  applicant  or  applicants  or  by  any  person  in  their  behalf. 

Second — That  the  price  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant  to  the  Department  shall  be  at 
the  rate  of  two  cents  per  hundred  gallons  for  all  the  water  used,  the  amount  to  be 
determined  by  measurement  or  calculation  at  the  option  of  the  Board.  Said  meas- 
urement or  calculation  to  be  made  by  one  of  the  Engineers  of  the  Department,  and 
his  report  thereon  to  be  received  by  the  consumers  or  applicant  as  final  and  con- 
clusive. 

Third — That  notice  be  given  to  the  Board  by  the  applicant  at  such  times  as  he 
may  desire  to  have  a  supply  of  water,  and  that  he  shall  at  no  time  open  a  hydrant  or 
draw  a  supply  in  any  other  manner  either  personally  or  by  his  agents,  but  that  the 
supply  granted  shall  at  all  times  be  let  on  by  an  agent  of  this  Department  and  by  no 
other  person. 

Which  was  adopted. 

An  ordinance  entitled  "An  ordinance  for  the  more  effectual  protection  of  the 
streets  of  The  City  of  New  York"  was  received  and  ordered  on  file. 

Mr.  Stephens  presented  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  the  wages  of  John  Cornwell,  Jas.  D.  Reegan  and  Samuel  Whi-e 
be  increased  to  the  rate  of  three  dollars,  and  the  salary  of  Alfred  Williams,  Black- 
smith, to  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  day,  to  take  effect  from  this  date. 

Which  was  adopted 

The  Board  then  adjourned. 

ROBT.   L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

January  10,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  the  price  to  be  charged    hereafter   for   permission   to    construct 
vaults  be  as  follows,  viz.: 

For  vaults  used  exclusively  for  dwellings,  25  cents  a  foot. 

The  vaults  used  partly  for  dwellings  and  partly  for  commercial  purposes,  50  cents. 
For  vaults  used  exclusively  for  commercial  purposes,  75  cents  a  foot. 

Resolved,  That  the  blocks  to  be  used  hereafter  for  trapblock  pavement  shall  be 
of  the  following  dimensions,  viz.: 

In  depth,  eight  inches  and  no  deviation;  in  width,  four  inches  and  not  to  vary 
more  than  half  an  inch  either  way,  and  in  length  from  six  to  nine  inches. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  12,  1863. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  President;  Robert  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and 
A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

William  C.  Rhodes,  Esq.,  tendered  his  resignation  as  Registrar  of  Water  Rents, 
which  was  accepted.  It  was  then 

Resolved,  That  Thomas  B.  Tappen  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Registrar  of 
Water  Rents,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  I5th  inst. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  William  C.  Rhodes  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Assistant 
Registrar  of  Water  Rents  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  decease  of  William 
Fardon,  Esq.,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  I5th  inst. 

Adonted. 


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Resolved,  That  Matthew  D.  Green  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Inspector 
of  City  Railroads  of  The  City  of  New  York,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  I5th  inst. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  John  H.  Brady  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Inspector  of  City 
Railroads  of  The  City  of  New  York,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  15th  inst. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

February  14,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  President;  Robert  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and 
A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was  resolved  that  the  Board  certify  to  a  payment 
to  be  made  to  Messrs.  Jardine  &  Johnson  for  trapblock  pavement,  under  their  con- 
tract for  paving  New  Chambers  street,  in  accordance  with  the  recommendation  of 
the  Corporation  Counsel. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  office  of  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Eighth  Division  of 
the  Aqueduct  at  the  new  reservoir,  created  September  15,  1862,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  abolished.  To  take  effect  on  and  after  February  28,  1863. 

Adopted. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

March  2,  1863. 

Resolved,  That  Rule  9  of  the  rules  and  regulations  adopted  for  the  government 
of  Plumbers  and  Masons  be  amended  by  inserting  after  word  diameter,  "for  buildings 
less  than  50  feet  front.  Seven  inches  for  buildings  over  50  feet  and  under  75  feet 
front.  Eight  inches  for  buildings  over  75  feet  and  under  100  feet  front.  Nine  inches 
for  buildings  100  feet  front  and  upwards,"  and  by  striking  out  on  the  last  line  the 
word  "unanimous." 

Which  was  adopted. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  25,    1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thomas  Stephens,  Rob't  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven..    It  was 

Resolved,  That  proposals  be  advertised  for  completing  the  paving,  etc.,  of  New 
Chambers  street. 

Resolved,  1  hat  the  Warren  Foundry  and  Machine  Manufacturing  Company  be 
notified  that  unless  they  deliver  the  quantity  of  pipes  ordered  under  their  contract 
on  or  before  the  ist  of  May  next  they  will  be  considered  as  defaulters  to  the  Corpora- 
tion, and  hereafter  deprived  from  proposing  or  contracting  for  any  work  required 
by  the  Department. 

Adjourned. 

ROB'T  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  28,   1863. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and  A.  W. 

Craven,  Engineer. 

On  motion  of  President  Stephens  it  was 

Resolved,  That  John  H.  Brady  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  from  the  office  of 
Inspector  of  City  Railroads,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  3Oth  of  April. 

President  Stephens  and  Craven  voting  in  the  affirmative. 
Commissioner  Darragh  voting  in  the  negative. 
President  Stephens  offered  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  Christian  B.  Woodruff  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Inspector 
of  City  Railroads  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the  removal  of  John  H.  Brady. 

Which  was  lost. 

President  Stephens  voting  in  the  affirmative,  Commissioner  Darragh  voting  in 
the  negative  and  Engineer  Craven  declining  to  vote. 

Adjourned. 

ROB'T  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  4,   1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Rob't  L.   Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

President  Stephens  offered  the  following  resolution,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  Christian  B.  Woodruff  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Inspector 
of  City  Railroads. 

Which  was  adopted. 

President  Stephens  and  Craven  voting  in  favor,  and  Commissioner  Darragh  vot- 
ing in  the  negative. 

Permission  was  granted  C.  M.  Rollins  to  tap  the  main  pipe  at  Fifth  avenue  and 
Sixty-seventh  street. 

Adjourned. 

ROB'T  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May   16,    1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Rob't  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
Resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Craven: 

Resolved,  That  the  contractor  for  building  sewer  in  Third  avenue  from  Seventy- 
third  street  to  Sixty-ninth  street,  with  a  branch  in  Seventy-first  street,  be  notified 
to  proceed  with  the  work  within  one  week  or  he  will  be  declared  in  default. 

Which  was  adopted. 

The   Board  then  adjourned. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  29,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President  Rob't  L.  Darragh,  Commissioner,  and  A. 
W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  Craven : 

Resolved,  That  a  walk  be  built  on  the  centre  of  the  bank  of  the  new  reservoir,  to 
be  eight  feet  wide,  to  be  built  of  broken  stone  trap  rock  and  laid  six  inches  deep.  The 
stones  to  be  one  inch  in  diameter. 

Which  was  adopted. 

By  Mr.  Stephens — 

Resolved,  That  a  contract  for  cleaning  the  basins  and  culverts  throughout  the  City, 
commencing  June  i  and  ending  December  31,  1863,  be  made  with  Messrs.  Holland  & 
Foster,  for  the  sum  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars. 

Which  was  adopted. 

By  Mr.  Darragh — 

Resolved,  That  the  proposals  for  paving  Beekman  street  and  Forty-seventh  street, 
from  Fifth  to  Sixth  avenues,  with  belgian  pavement,  be  readvertised  and  that  the 
stone  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  same  kind  and  quality  as  used  last  year,  excepting 
that  the  stones  shall  be  from  seven  to  eight  inches  in  depth. 

Which  was  adopted. 

The  Board  then  adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  4,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos.  Steph- 
ens, President,  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commissioner,  and  A.  W.  Craven,  En- 
gineer 

The  following  resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Darragh  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  contract  made  with  Patrick  Lynch  for  excavating  trench,  etc., 

in  Broadway,  from  Fifty-ninth  to    Seventieth    street,    be  and    the  same    is  hereby 

annulled. 


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Resolved,  That  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Ferguson  be  appointed  as  one  of  the«Water  Cutters 
in  place  of  Mr.  A.  H.  Freeman,  deceased. 

Adopted. 

The  Board  then  adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  26,  1863. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day.  Present  Thomas 
Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commissioner,  and  A.  W.  Craven, 
Engineer,  and  Andrew  H.  Green,  Esq.,  Comptroller,  Board  of  Commissioners,  Cen- 
tral Park. 

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The  following  subjects  were  discussed: 

First.  Relative  to  a  location  for  a  house  for  the  Keeper  of  the  Reservoir,  etc. 
Laid  over  for  the  consideration  of  the  Board  of  C.  P.  Commissioners. 

Second.  Relative  to  planting  trees  on  the  south  side  of  the  old  reservoir.  Which 
was  objected  to  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 

Third.  Relative  to  the  bridal  road  and  hedge  around  the  new  reservoir,  to  which 
the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  claim  that  the  Board  of  Central  Park  Commissioners 
have  not  kept  good  faith. 

Fourth.     Relative  to  a  better  approach  to  the  gate  houses. 

Fifth.  Relative  to  the  removal  of  the  wall  at  the  southwest  corner  of  the  old 
reservoir.  Which  was  laid  over  for  further  consideration  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board. 

Sixth.  Relative  to  the  removal  of  the  fence  around  the  old  reservoir  and  allowing 
walks  to  be  constructed  on  the  embankments.  Laid  over  for  further  consideration  of 
the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 

Seventh — Relative  to  a  bridal  road  and  bridge  at  the  South  Gate  House  of  the 
New  Reservoir.  Decided  that  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  cannot  pay  any  portion 
of  the  expense. 

Eighth — Relative  to  planting  of  trees,  etc.,  around  the  New  Reservoir.  Ob- 
jected to  and  not  allowed  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


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Ninth — Relative  to  samps  at  the  New  Reservoir.  Which  was  decided  should 
remain  as  they  are  for  the  present. 

Tenth — Relative  to  claims  of  the  Central  Park  Commissioners  against  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Board.  Which  was  laid  over  for  further  consideration. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 
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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  28,  1863. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commission- 
er, and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

Petition  of  Robt.  and  James  Cunningham  for  payment  of  damages  sustained 
while  building  sewer  in  Seventy-first  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth  avenues, 
claimed  to  have  been  caused  by  a  leak  in  the  water  pipes,  was  considered  and  pe- 
tition denied. 

A  communication  was  received  from  P.  D.  De  Forest  tendering  his  resignation 
as  Clerk  in  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  which  was  accepted,  to  take  effect 
the  3ist  instant. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  30,  1863. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held'  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commission- 
er, and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  all  officers   and  employees  of  the   Croton  Aqueduct 
Department  are  forbidden  either  to  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any  old  material  or 


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other  property  belonging  to  the  Corporation,  and  that  the   Clerk  be  directed  to 
notify  the  following  persons  of  the  passage  of  this  resolution,  viz. : 

Wm.  L.  Dearborn,  Benjamin  S.  Church,  Aaron  B.  Rollins,  Alex.  F.  Dodge, 
Foster  B.  Williams,  John  Cornwall.  Samuel  White,  James  D.  Reegan,  Jonas  Chand- 
ler, Jr.,  B.  McFarland  and  William  Cowen. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

November  7,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commission- 
er, and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Foremen  and  workmen  employed  in  second  and  third  Com- 
pany water  pipes  be  allowed  full  time,  and  if  compelled  to  work  on  Sundays  that 
they  will  be  allowed  the  time  actually  employed  at  the  regular  rate  of  wages,  and 
that  no  allowance,  be  made  for  work  done  after  the  usual  working  hours  on  week 
days. 

Resolved,  That  the  Foreman  of  Fourth  Company  workmen  be  allowed  full  time, 
and  when  compelled  to  work  on  Sundays  that  he  be  allowed  for  the  same  at  the 
usual  rate  of  wages,  but  no  allowance  to  be  made  for  extra  work  at  nights,  and  that 
the  men  employed  in  said  company  when  to  work  at  nights  or  Sundays  shall  be  al- 
lowed double  time. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  14,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commissioner, 
and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  the  Katekeepers  and  Watchmen  on  the  old  and  new  reservoir  be 
paid  from  June  I,  1863,  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  day. 


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Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  the  Watchmen  on  the  High  Bridge  be  increased  to  two 
dollars  per  day,  to  date  from  November  i,  1863. 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  no  pay  be  allowed  the  Water  Police  and  several  Fire- 
men in  the  employ  of  this  Department,  excepting  the  Firemen  of  the  2,  3  and  4  com- 
pany water  pipes  for  any  legal  holiday. 

Resolved,  That  when  the  quantity  of  water  used  by  any  consumer  shall  exceed 
ten  thousand  gallons  per  day  the  price  shall  be  one  cent  per  one  hundred  gallons  for 
such  excess. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  u,  1863. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commissioner, 
and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

Mr.  Stephens  offered  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  John  McCauley  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Sewer  Permit 
Clerk. 

Which  was  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  6,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commissioner, 
and  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  John  Murdock  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Clerk  to  the  Water 
Purveyor  in  place  of  Peter  D.  De  Forest,  resigned,  to  take  effect  as  of  the  first  day  of 
January,  1864. 

Which  was  adopted. 


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Resolved,  That  advertisements  for  proposals  be  issued  for  the  paving  of  such 
streets  as  may  be  authorized  to  be  paved  at  the  expense  of  the  property  owners. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  15,  1864. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  President;  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  Assistant  Commis- 
sioner. 

The  following  estimates  were  received  for  furnishing  cutting  and  delivering  the 
granite  required  for  the  terraces  of  the  gate  houses,  new  reservoir: 

Beals  &  Co.,  $11,200;  Thomas  Crane  &  Co.,  $9,500;  Orchard  &  Pomeroy, 
$8,271.40;  E.  C.  Sargent,  $7,736. 

The  contract  was  awarded  to  E.  C.  Sargent. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

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February  17,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  a  communication 
was  received  from  Mr.  W.  C.  Kingsley,  asking  to  have  his  contract  for  building  a 
sewer  in  Fifty-ninth  street  suspended,  under  authority  of  a  resolution  of  the  Common 
Council,  dated  February  6,  1864,  directing  this  Board  to  discontinue  the  construction 
of  the  above  named  sewer,  provided  the  same  can  be  done  without  detriment  to  the 
City;  on  motion  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  above  named  work  cannot  be  discontinued  without  detriment 
to  the  City,  and  that  therefore  the  petition  be  denied. 

Adopted. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

February  22,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  foliowing  proposals  were  received  for  cleaning  the  receiving  basins  and 
culverts  throughout  the  City: 

John  Nesbitt,  for  the  sum  of $28,000  oo  per  annum- 

Selah  D.  Seaman,,  for  the  sum  of 27,500  oo  per  annum 

Foster  &  Holland,  for  the  sum  of 25,000  oo  per  annum 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Stephens,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  contract  be  entered  into  with  Messrs.  Holland  &  Foster  for  the 
term  of  three  years  and  ten  months,  commencing  on  the  ist  of  March  next,  at  the 

rate  of  $24,000  per  annum. 

• 

Adjoin  ned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

March  23,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  James  D.  Keegan,  Foreman  of  the  third  company  workmen,  be 
allowed  to  employ  a  horse  and  business  wagon,  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  per  day,  for  the  use  of  the  Department. 

Mr.  William  Baird  appeared  on  behalf  of  the  contractors  for  building  sewers, 
relative  to  the  price  to  be  allowed  for  excavation  in  rock  where  necessary  in  the 
construction  of  sewers ;  whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  the  price  for  excavation  in  rock  in  building  sewers  be 
inserted  in  the  contracts  as  three  dollars  per  cubic  yard. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  American  and  Foreign  Iron  Pavement 
Company,  asking  permission  to  take  up  the  iron  pavement  in  Nassau  street,  be- 
tween Cedar  and  Liberty  streets,  and  restore  the  street  to  the  condition  in  which  it 
was  before  the  said  pavement  was  laid.  Petition  granted,  provided  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Corporation  Counsel  there  is  no  legal  objection  to  the  same. 


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Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  the  Superintendents  at  Croton  *Dam  Aqueduct 
and  Reservoir  be  increased  as  follows:  Superintendent  Croton  Dam  to  the  sum  of 
$900  per  annum;  Superintendents  of  Sing  Sing,  Tarrytown,  Dobbs  Ferry,  Yonkersr 
Fordham  and  High  Bridge  to  the  sum  of  $800  per  annum;  Superintendent  of  Re- 
ceiving and  Distributing  Reservoirs  to  the  sum  of  $950  per  annum,  said  increase 
to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  April  next. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May  2,  1864. 
f  At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  President;  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer,  and  Robt.  L. 
Darragh,  Commissioner. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  the  following  Assistant  Engineers  be  increased  as 
follows,  viz: 

W.  L.  Dearborn,  Engineer  in  Charge,  to  $3,500  per  annum;  Geo.  R.  dishing, 
Assistant,  to  $1,800  per  annum;  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Assistant,  to  $1,500  per  annum,, 
and  Theodore  Weston,  Assistant,  to  $1,800  per  annum,  said  increase  to  take  effect 
from  May  i,  1864. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  William  B.  Parsons  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Clerk 
in  the  Bureau  of  Water  Rents,  in  place  of  Everett  W.  Greene,  resigned. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

May  23,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  ot  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present—  Thomas  Stephens,  President;  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer,  and  Robt.  L. 
Darragh,  Commissioner. 

A  blank  form  -jf  specifications  for  repairing  the  street  pavements  by  contract 
was  made  and  approved. 

A  bill  of  Alderman  McMahon  for  labor,  etc.,  in  exhuming  the  body  of  a  child 
which  was  buried  by  the  caving  in  of  a  well  in  front  of  No.  83  Henry  street.  Pay- 
ment denied. 

Consent  was  given  by  the  Board  for  change  of  road  in  Westchester  County, 
near  Mr.  R.  F.  Carman's  place.  The  change  to  be  in  accordance  with  a  plan 
adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  Highways  of  Westchester  County  and  exhibited 

to  this  Board. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


October  18,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Robert  L    Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

'  The  Board  took  up  the  consideration  of  the  resolution  of  the  Common  Council, 
approved  by  the  Mayor  October  13,  and  received  October  15,  directing  this  Board 
to  alter  srracle  of  sewer  in  Thirty-eighth  street,  between  Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues, 
"provided  that  a  satisfactory  arrangement  can  be  made  between  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board,  the  Comptroller  and  the  contractor." 

Messrs.  Darragh  and  Craven,  together  with  Laurence  Rock,  the  contractor, 
called  upon  the  Comptroller  to  endeavor  to  make  the  desired  arrangement.  The 
Comptroller  said  it  was  impossible  to  make  any  arrangement  whatever  involving 
expenditure,  inasmuch  as  he  had  no  appropriation  from  which  he  could  legally 
draw  any  money.  After  some  further  conversation  with  this  Board,  finding  it  impos- 
sible to  come  to  any  agreement  under  said  resolution,  the  contractor  announced  his 
determination  to  go  on  with  his  original  contract,  whereupon  he  was  told  that  he 
would  find  the  Inspector  and  the  plans  of  the  work  ready  for  him  whenever  he  com- 
menced work. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  26,   1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  the  following  prices  be  allowed  as  extra  compensation  for  build- 
ing sewer  in  Thirty-eighth  street,  between  Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues,  in  consequence 
of  the  alterations  in  plans  by  deepening  the  sewer,  viz.: 

One  dollar  per  foot  for  sewer,  $5  per  yard  for  rock;  and  the  time  already  made 
by  the  Inspector,  with  fifteen  days  additional,  to  be  allowed. 

Resolved,  That  a  description  of  the  two  lots  of  land  selected  by  this  Board  for 
the  reservoir,  engine  house,  etc.,  of  the  water  works  contemplated  at  Carmansville 
for  the  supply  of  the  upper  part  of  the  City  with  water  be  entered  at  length  on  the 
minutes  of  the  Board. 

Description  of  two  lots  of  land  located  in  The  City  of  New  York  near  High 
Bridge  and  selected  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  as  sites  for  a  reservoir,  etc. 

Lot  No.  i  belonging  to  Eliza  B.  Jumel. 

Lot  No.  2  belonging  to  Richard  F.  Carman. 

Lot    No.  i. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Tenth  avenue  fifty-two  feet  south- 
erly from  the  point  where  the  line  between  Richard  F.  Carman  and  Eliza  B.  Jumel 
intersects  the  line  of  said  avenue,  and  running  south  34  degrees  west  524  8-10  feet 
to  the  south  line  of  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-second  street;  thence  south  56  de- 
grees east  536  8-10  feet  on  said  south  line;  thence  north  34  degrees  east  269  4-10  feet 
to  centre  of  granite  post;  thence  south  56  degrees  east  92  7-10  feet  to  line  between 
Eliza  B.  Jumel  and  the  west  line  of  Croton  Aqueduct  lands;  thence  on  said  line 
north  47  degrees  16  minutes  east  131  6-10  feet;  thence  north  25  degrees  12  minutes 
east  104  5-10  feet;  thence  north  46  degrees  33  minutes  east  13  7-10  feet  to  line  be- 
tween said  Carman  and  said  Jumel;  thence  on  said  Carman  and  Jumel's  line  north 
50  degrees  28  minutes  west  109  9-10  feet;  thence  north  56  degrees  west  536  8-10  feet 
to  the  first-mentioned  bound,  containing  7  42-100  acres  more  or  less. 

Lot  No.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  marked  "D"  on  the  plan,  where  the  line  between  Rich- 
ard F.  Carman  and  Eliza  B.  Jumel  intersects  the  westerly  line  of  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct lands  near  the  gate  house  on  the  Manhattan  end  of  High  Bridge;  thence  on  the. 
line  between  said  Croton  Aqueduct  lands  and  land  of  Richard  F.  Carman,  north  46 


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degrees  33  minutes  east  46  feet;  thence  on  said  line  between  said  Carman's  land  and 
land  of  Croton  Aqueduct  south  78  degrees  13  minutes  east  335  feet,  more  or  less, 
to  low  water  mark;  thence  north  n  degrees  47  minutes  east  79  5-10  feet;  thence 
north  78  degrees  13  minutes  west  392  6-10  feet,  to  a  point  near  foot  bridge;  thence 
south  39  degrees  32  minutes  west  to  dividing  line  between  said  Carman  and  Jumel 
893-10  feet;  thence  south  50  degrees  28  minutes  east  825-10  feet  to  point  of  starting, 
marked  "D"  on  the  plan,  the  same  containing  34,754  79-100  square  feet,  or  798-1,000 
of  an  acre. 

Adjourned. 

ROBERT  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


November  9,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  in  regard  to  land  of  Eliza  B.  Jumel,  described 
in  a  resolution  passed  at  a  meeting  of  this  Board  on  the  26th  day  of  October,  1864,  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  marked  "D"  on  the  plan  where  the  line  between  the  prop- 
erty of  Eliza  B.  Jumel  and  the  property  of  Richard  F.  Carman  intersects  the  line  of 
the  property  now  owned  by  the  City  and  known  as  the  land  appertaining  to  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  near  the  south  gate  house  of  the  High  Bridge,  and  running  north  50 
degrees  28  minutes  west  109  9-10  feet;  thence  north  56  degrees  west  536  8-10  feet  to 
the  easterly  line  of  Tenth  avenue;  thence  at  right  angles  to  last  line  and  along  said 
avenue  line  south  34  degrees  west  4448-10  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  to  last  line 
south  56  degrees  east  563  8-10  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  to  last  line  north  34  de- 
grees east  189  4-10  feet  to  middle  of  granite  post  at  head  of  the  present  staircase; 
thence  at  right  angles  to  last  line  south  56  degrees  east  92  7-10  feet  to  land  line  of 
Croton  Aqueduct;  thence  on  said  land  line  north  47  degrees  16  minutes  east  131  65-100 
feet;  thence  on  said  land  line  north  25  degrees  12  minutes  east  104  5-10  feet;  thence 
on  said  land  line  north  46  degrees  33  minutes  east  13  7-10  feet  to  the  point  of  begin- 
ning, the  same  containing  6434-1,000  acres,  more  or  less. 

Mr.  Richard  F.  Carman  was  present  by  request  to  enter  into  negotiation  for  the 
sale  of  Lot  No.  2,  described  in  the  resolution  of  this  Board,  adopted  the  26th  day  of 
October,  1864,  and  selected  by  this  Board  as  ground  necessary  for  their  purposes  in 


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the  contemplated  extension  of  the  water  works  in  Carmansville  and  the  upper  part  of 
the  City. 

After  negotiation,  Mr.  Carman  stated  that  the  least  amount  he  would  accept  for 
said  land  was  four  thousand  and  six  hundred  and  forty-six  dollars  ($4,646). 

On  motion  his  offer  was  laid  over  for  further  consideration. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Darragh,  Mr.  Craven  was  authorized  to  visit  Madame  Jumel 
on  the  part  of  the  Board  and  obtain  from  her  the  terms  on  which  she  will  sell  to  the 
City  the  ground  described  in  the  first  resolution  of  this  meeting. 

Adjourned. 

ROBERT  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

November  15,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  of  the  Qth  inst,  describing  land  of  Mrs.  Eliza  B. 
Jumel,  required  for  the  purposes  of  a  reservoir,  etc.,  at  Carmansville,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz.: 

Lot  No.  i,  commencing  at  a  point  marked  "D"  on  the  plan,  where  the  line  be- 
tween Eliza  B.  Jumel  and  Richard  F.  Carman  intersects  the  Croton  Aqueduct  land 
line,  near  the  gate  house,  and  running  north  50  degrees  28  minutes  west  on  said  line 
between  Eliza  B.  Jumel  and  Richard  F.  Carman  649  2-10  feet  to  southeast  corner  of 
Tenth  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  street;  thence  south  34  degrees 
west  516  8-10  feet  on  east  boundary  of  Tenth  avenue  to  northeast  corner  of  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy-second  street ;  thence  at  right  angles  to  the  last  line  south  56  degrees 
east  on  north  boundary  of  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-second  street  580  i-io  feet  to 
land  line  of  Croton  Aqueduct;  thence  on  said  line  north  47  degrees  n  minutes  east 
346  9-10  feet;  thence  also  on  said  land  line  north  25  degrees  12  minutes  east  104  5-10 
feet;  thence  also  on  said  land  line  north  46  degrees  33  minutes  east  13  7-10  feet  to 
place  of  starting,  the  same  containing  305,206  35-100  square  feet,  or  7  8-1,000  acres, 
more  or  less. 

Adjourned. 

ROBERT  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  28,  1864. 

V 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Lawrence  Rock  presented  a  claim  for  damages  suffered  during  construction 
of  sewer  in  Fifty-third  street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues,  and  claimed  that 
said  damage  was  occasioned  by  a  leak  in  Croton  pipe,  and  amounted  to  $5,000.  The 
existence  of  the  leak  and  the  probability  of  damage  therefrom  was  admitted,  but  the 
Board  decided  that  it  was  not  in  their  power  to  pass  any  such  bill  or  make  an  ad- 
justment. Mr.  Rock  was  told  that  his  only  recourse  was  a  suit  at  law,  and  that  if  he 
commenced  proceedings  and  did  not  lay  claim  to  more  than  he  was  actually  entitled 
to  this  Board  would  not  interpose  any  obstacle  to  his  obtaining  his  just  dues. 

Mr.  Patrick  Lynch  appeared  before  the  Board  in  reference  to  his  claim  for  re- 
mission of  150  days'  overtime  of  Inspector  in  constructing  sewer  in  Forty-third  street, 
from  Eleventh  avenue  to  Hudson  river.  After  discussing  the  subject  Mr.  Lynch  was 
informed  that  no  allowance  could  be  made  for  delay  occasioned  by  the  water  or  the 
obstructions  of  the  bulkhead,  but  that  if  he  had  been  made  to  excavate  lower  than  the 
grade  established  he  would  be  allowed  whatever  was  right.  To  this  end  he  was  told 
that  the  Surveyor  would  be  sent  up  to-day  to  level  the  line  of  the  sewer  as  now  con- 
structed, and  see  whether  any  portion  of  the  discrepancy  claimed  really  existed.  To 
this  Lynch  objected,  saying  the  Surveyor  would  not  be  likely  to  correct  himself.  He 
was  then  told  that  one  of  the  Assistant  Engineers  would  be  sent  up  also  to  test  the 
accuracy  of  the  Surveyor's  levels. 

He  said  that  he  did  not  care  about  bothering  men  in  regard  to  the  matter  and 
would  let  the  assessment  list  go  in  as  it  is — would  prefer  to  let  it  go. 

Bill  of  Mr.  Moore  for  rilling  well,  corner  of  Mercer  and  Grand  streets,  amounting 
to  $18.37,  was  allowed. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  William  Cowan  asking  to  have  his  sal- 
ary increased.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Darragh,  his  salary  was  increased  to  the  sum  of 
four  dollars  per  day,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  5th  day  of  December  next. 

On  motion  of  Mr. Craven,  the  salary  of  the  Engineer  appointed  to  examine  steam 
engines,  water  meters,  etc.,  was  increased  from  $1,200  to  $1,500  per  annum,  to  take 
effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  January  next. 

Application  of  Mr.  Sexton  (through  a  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  re- 
ferred to  this  Board  with  power)  to  tap  the  Aqueduct  at street,  was,  on  mo- 
tion, denied. 

Adjourned. 

•      ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


148 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  4 

December  5,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  following  communication  from  Mr.  Chase  was  received  and  read,  viz.: 

Madame  Jumel  believes  that  the  plot  of  ground  belonging  to  her  situated  at  High 
Bridge,  consisting  of  seven  acres  and  6-icoo  of  an  acre  more  or  less,  and  which  the 
Corporation  of  the  City  of  New  York  propose  to  take  for  the  purpose  of  introducing 
the  Croton  water  into  the  upper  end  of  Manhattan  island,  would  bring  on  a  sale  by 
auction  for  cash  an  average  price  of  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  say,  lots  25  by  100 
feet.  To  avoid  the  expenses  which  the  City  would  necessarily  have  to  incur  to  ascer- 
tain the  value  .of  the  property  by  Commissioners  she  would  be  willing  to  convey  the 
same  to  the  City  at  the  above-mentioned  rate. 

Washington  Heights,  Dec.  3,  1864. 

Which  proposition,  together  with  that  of  Mr.  R.  F.  Carman,  made  November 
9.  1864,  were  rejected. 

Mr.  Daniel  Webster  made  application  to  have  the  price  of  putting  in  taps  under 
his  contract  increased. 

The  Board  decided  they  could  not  increase  the  price  as  long  as  the  contract 
existed,  but  were  willing  to  annul  the  contract  and  employ  him  by  the  day.  Where- 
upon the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Daniel  A.  Webster  be  and  he  is  hereby  employed  by  the  day 
to  do  all  the  tapping  and  plugging  up  of  old  taps  as  may  be  required  by  the  Depart- 
ment, he  to  be  at  the  expense  of  furnishing  horse,  wagon,  men  and  tools  required, 
and  for  such  service  he  shall  receive  the  sum  of  five  dollars  a  day,  Sundays  and 
holidays  excepted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  charges  on  all  hotels  not  having  meters  on  shall  be  increased 
to  such  rate  as  will  be  equal,  when  compared  with  those  hotels  which  have  meters 
on,  and  pay  by  such  measurement. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


149 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  16,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  claim  for  damages  was  rejected,  the  Board  being  of  the  opinion 
that  they  had  no  power  to  allow  such  a  claim: 

To  Wm.  C.   Kingsley,   Contractor,  Dr. 

For  damage  sustained  on  sewerage  contract  in  Fifty-sixth  street,  Lexington 
avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street:  Amount  of  damage  sustained  by  overflow  of  water  on 
work  caused  by  breaking  of  main  water  pipe  in  Fifth  avenue,  opposite  or  near 
Arsenal  in  July,  1862,  $700. 

Damage,  detention  of  work,  etc.,  caused  by  large  water  pipes  breaking  in  Fifth 
avenue,  between  Fifty-eighth  and  Fifty-ninth  streets,  in  November,  1862,  $1,000. 

Damage,  detention,  etc.,  caused  by  breaking  of  water  main,  overflowing  works  at 
Fifth  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street,  October,  1863,  $850. 

Total,  $2,550. 

Adjourned.  * 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

January  7,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  annual  report  of  the  Department  for  the  year  1864  was  read  and  approved. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  between  the  hours  of  9  a.  m.  and  4  p.  m.  all  the  Clerks  in  the 
Department  shall  be  present  and  ready  for  their  respective  duties,  and  that  any 
violation  of  this  rule  not  properly  accounted  for  be  deemed  cause  for  dismissal. 

Resolved,  That  during  the  hours  named  the  Clerks  of  the  Water  Registrar  shall 
not  leave  the  office  without  permission  of  said  Registrar,  or,  in  his  absence,  the 
permission  of  one  of  the  members  of  this  Board. 


ISO 

On  motion,  the  several  Clerks  named  in  the  resolution  adopted  'by  the  Com- 
mon Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  December  31,  1864,  were  classified  as  fol- 
lows: 

Wm.  H.  King,  Chief  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Gilbert  F.  White,  First  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Seymour  V.  Moody,  Second  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Jacob  E.  Howard,  Third  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Daniel  Strain,  Fourth  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Wm.  B.  Parsons,  Fifth  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
James  H.  Clark,  Sixth  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
Edward  J.  O'Keefe,  Seventh  Clerk  to  Water  Registrar. 
John  Murdoch,  First  Clerk  to  Water  Purveyor. 
John  Sigerson    Second  Clerk  to  Water  Purveyor. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


January  25,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Board,  based  upon  a  long  experience  in 
the  management  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  the  early  passage  of  the  bill 
now  before  the  Legislature  authorizing  the  construction  of  storage  reservoirs  in 
Croton  valley  is  of  vital  and  pressing  importance  to  the  entire  population  of  The 
City  of  New  York. 

Resolved,  That  A.  W.  Craven,  Engineer,  Commissioner  of  this  Board1,  be  au- 
thorized to  proceed  to  Albany  to  give  such  information  as  may  be  required  by  the 
members  relative  to  this  bill  and  tend  to  hasten  its  passage. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


February  25,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Conklin,  Messenger,  stated  to  the  Board  that  he  had  taken  to  the  Street 
Department  requisitions  for  ten  tons  of  coal  and  had  only  received  eight  tons.  He 
inquired  about  it  at  the  Street  Department  and  found  they  had  twelve  tons  charged 
against  this  Department.  He  then  took  over  another  requisition  for  fifteen  tons 
of  coal  and  had  only  received  ten  tons.  The  balance  had  not  yet  been  received.  Mr. 
Craven  was  authorized  t*  investigate  the  matter,  and  after  doing  so  reported  that 
the  coal  which  had  been  charged  to  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  and  not  de- 
livered had  been  delivered  to  private  parties. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  n,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  rule  of  this  Board  "that  licenses  for  connecting_with  sewers 
or  drains  only  be  granted  to  practical  plumbers  or  masons,"  be  amended  by  allowing 
any  responsible  builder  to  receive  a  license. 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  licenses  for  sprinkling  streets  be  granted  from  March 
I  to  November  i,  instead  of  from  April  I  to  October  i,  as  formerly. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


152 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  4. 

April  25,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  until  otherwise  ordered  the  charge  for  water  used  by  Messrs. 
Brunjes,  Ockerhausen  &  Company  in  their  premises,  Nos.  466,  468,  470  Washington 
street,  Nos.  288,  289  West  street  and  Nos.  5,  7,  7^  Hoboken  street  be  fixed  at  $1,500 
per  annum,  which  shall  include  all  charges,  regular  and  extra  rents. 

Resolved,  That  the  work  on  the  sewer  in  Forty-seventh  street  from  Eleventh 
avenue  to  Hudson  river  be  suspended,  and  that  the  contractor  be  notified  to  appear 
before  the  Board  for  violation  of  contract. 

Resolved,  That  the  Assistant  Commissioner  be  authorized  to  hire  a  horse  for  his 
use  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  $100  per  month,  and  in  case  he  cannot  hire  one  at  that 
price    that  he  be  authorized  to  purchase  one- 
Resolved,  That  hereafter  the  stated  meetings  of  the   Board  shall  be  held  at  2 
o'clock  on  Tuesday  and  Friday  of  each  week. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  5,   1865. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  A.  W.  Craven  and  Robert  L.  Darragh. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  salary, of  Mr.  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Assistant  Engineer,  be  increased 
to  the  sum  of  $2,500  per  annum. 

Resolved.  That  meters  be  placed  on  all  hotels  having  a  tap  larger  than  5-8  of  an 
inch,  except  such  hotels  as  are  charged  on  a  meter  basis. 

Bill  of  the  Warren  Foundry  and  Machine  Company,  amounting  to  $2,598.40,  be- 
ing for  Government  tax  on  contract  for  iron  pipes,  etc.,  furnished  in  1864,  was  al- 
lowed. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARR'AGH,  Secretary. 


153 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  9,  1865. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Trios.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  Stephens  and  adopted  by  the 
Board,  viz.: 

(So  in  the  original.) 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  17,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  John  W.  V.  Appleton  and  Mr.  John  Maguire  be  removed 
as  Water  Police,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Mr.  MauriceTDaley  and   Mr.    George    H.    E.    Lynch   were   appointed   as   Water 
PoHce;  to  date  on  and  after  the  i8th  inst. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  19,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Darragh. 

Mr.  John  Fenton  was  appointed  as  Inspector  on  sewer  now  building  in  Ganse- 
voort  street,  between  West  street  and  Thirteenth  avenue,  and  Mr.  John  Prendigrast 
was  appointed  as  Inspector  on  sewer  now  building  in  Fifty-second  street,  between 
Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues,  both  to  commence  on  Monday  next,  the  22d  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 


154 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  4 

June  21,  1865. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Darragh. 
It  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  John  McCauley  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  from  the  office 
of  Sewer  Permit  Clerk,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  5,  1865. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  charge  for  the  use  of  the  Croton  water  supplied  to  Messrs. 
Lee  &  Coleman's  Marble  Works  be  fixed  at  five  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  per  an- 
num until  otherwise  ordered. 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Carson,  Miller  &  Wood  be  charged  for  all  the  water 
which  can  be  delivered  through  the  tap  used  by  them,  unless  they  will  consent  to  have 
a  water  meter  placed  on  the  pipe  and  pav  according  to  meter  measurement. 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  West,  Bradley  &  Conry  (wire  works)  be  allowed  a 
one-inch  tap,  and  that  a  meter  be  placed  on  the  pipe  and  that  they  pay  for  the  water 
by  meter  measurement. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  advertise  for  all  the  fire  hydrants  and  stopcocks  re- 
quired for  the  year. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


• 

155 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  II,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

Specifications  and  forms  of  contract  for  repaying  and  repairing  the  streets  and  for 
iron  pipes  and  special  castings  required  were  approved,  and  the  Contract  Clerk  or- 
dered to  advertise  the  same. 

The  following  resolution  was  then  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  will  agree  to  pay  Mr.  Lawrence  Rock  the  following 
prices  for  the  construction  of  the  sewer  in  Thirty-eighth  street,  between  the  Eighth 
and  Ninth  avenues,  viz.: 

For  old  sewer.  $10  per  lineal  foot,  which  is  to  include  the  cost  of  making  the  new 
connections  and  keeping  them  in  operation;  for  rock  on  the  old  sewer,  $5  per  cubic 
yard;  for  new  sewer,  $7  per  lineal  foot,  and  $5  a  yard  for  rock.  Time  allowed,  125 
days,  and  one  day  additional  for  every  fifteen  yards  of  rock  taken  out,  provided  that 
all  trench  opened  and  not  built  in  on  the  first  day  of  December  be  filled  up,  and 
further,  that  all  claims  other  than  the  above  be  abandoned.  Which  was  declined  by 
Mr.  Rock;  whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  will  make  no  other  terms  with  said  Rock  for  the  con- 
struction of  said  sewer. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 

July   14,    1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

A  petition  was  received  from  Mr.  William  Cowan,  General  Superintendent  of 
Sewers  and  Drains,  asking  to  have  his  wagon  repaired  at  the  expense  of  the  De- 
partment, which  was  granted. 

Mr.  Craven  reported  that  Mr.  Lawrence  Rock  had  accepted  and  agreed  to 
complete  the  sewer  in  Thirty-eighth  street,  between  the  Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues,  on 
the  terms  offered  by  the  Board  on  the  nth  inst. 


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Resolved,  That  Mr.  William  Walsh  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Sewer  Per- 
mit Clerk,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  isth  instant. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Jonas  Chandler  be  arid  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Foreman 
of  the  Pipe  Yard,  Twenty-fourth  street,  East  river,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  this 
date. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  17,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.   Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

Resolved,  That  a  forn,  of  specification  and  contract  be  made  for  changing  the 
course  of  the  Aqueduct  between  the  Eighth  and  Tenth  avenues  and  Eighty-fifth  and 
Ninetieth  streets. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  8.  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.   Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

An  agreement  was  entered  into  with  Mr.  Thomas  Duffy  for  altering  the  sewer 
now  being  built  in  Gansevoort  street  (so  as  to  conform  to  grade),  at  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  ($250),  the  Inspector's  time  to  be  omitted  from  the  time  the  error  was 
discovered  until  it  is  completed,  so  far  as  the  bottom  is  now  laid.  Said  sum  to  be 
paid  from  the  appropriation  of  "Sewers — Repairing  and  Cleaning." 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  George  Hepburn  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  one  of  the 
Water  Police,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  August  next. 

Adjourne^. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretarv. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  28,  1865 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 
An  application  from  Mr.  A.  H.  Tilton  for  a  reduction  of  the  charge  for  the  use 

of  water  was  considered,  and  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  charge  be  made  on  the  basis  of  the  report  of  Mr.  Fuertes, 

the  Assistant  Engineer,  unrfl  a  meter  can  be  placed  on  the  service  pipe. 

A  similar  application  from  Mr.  J.  F.  Remicke  was  considered,  and  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  charge  be  made  on  the  basis  of  the  report  of  Mr.  Fuertes, 

Assistant  Engineer. 

An  application  from  Mr.  H.  Heard  for  a  one-inch  tap  for  the  premises  known  as 
the  Chinese  Assembly  Rooms  was  granted,  conditional  that  a  meter  be  placed  on  the 
pipe,  and  that  in  addition  to  the  water  rent  to  be  paid  by  meter  "measurement  they 
shall  pay  rent  for  the  use  of  the  meter  and  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
as  a  fire  risk. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


July  25,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Messrs.  Ste- 
phens, Darragh  and  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  To  contract  for  constructing  a  sewer  in  Sixtieth  street,  between 
Fourth  and  Lexington  avenues,  and  in  Lexington  avenue,  between  Fifty-ninth  and 
Sixty-sixth  streets. 

Permission  was  granted  Mr.  A.  Ross  to  connect  the  house  northeast  corner  of 
Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-sixth  street  with  the  sewer  in  Thirty-sixth  street  west  of 
Fifth  avenue  by  an  eight-inch  earthen  pipe. 

Resolved,  That  the  following-named  Water  Police  be  and  they  are  hereby  re- 
moved, to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  3ist  inst.,  viz.:  Thomas  Beatty,  Patrick  Calla- 
han.  Jeremiah  Kennefick,  Joseph  Lynch.  James  Meehan,  William  Piggott,  William 
F.  Ryer,  Godfrey  Sheehan  and  Francis  Stacom. 

Resolved,  That  the  following  employees  be  and  they  are  hereby  removed,  said 
removals  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  2Qth  inst.,  viz.:  Peter  Farrell,  Inspector 
Sewer  Connections;  Timothy  McNamara,  John  J.  Brown,  William  Pierpoint  and 


158 

George  F.  Oakley,  Inspectors  Cleaning  Receiving  Basins;  Joseph  «H.  Ferguson  and 
Charles  D.  Edmonston,  Water  Cutters. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Thomas  B.  Tappen  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  from  the 
office  of  Water  Registrar,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  8th  day  of  August  next. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  James  H.  Clark  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  from  the  office  of 
Chief  Clerk  to  the.  Water  Registrar,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  3ist  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  i,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Messrs.  Ste- 
phens, Darragh  and  Craven,  a  protest  was  received  from  the  proprietor  of  the  Frank- 
fort House  against  the  charge  for  the  use  of  the  water;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  they  must  pay  for  the  water  as  charged  and  that  a  meter  be 
placed  on  the  pipe. 

Whereas,  It  has  been  reported  to  this  Board  that  rams  and  other  devices  are 
used  on  Murray  Hill  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  water;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Fuertes,  Assistant  Engineer,  be  directed  to  examine  all 
buildings  using  such  rams  and  report  to  this  Board  the  quantity  of  water  used  or 
wasted  thereby. 

Mr.  John  J.  Noble  was  appointed  Inspector  of  Sewer  Connections,  to  date  from 
to-day. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  3,  1865.' 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present 
Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  To  charge  the  Manhattan  House,  Nos.  Murray  street, 

double  the  rate  for  the  amount  of  water  as  indicated  by  the  meter,  as  there  are  two 
taps  to  the  premises  and  only  one  having  a  meter  on. 

Resolved,  That  the  Turkish  Baths,  Nos.  13  and  15  Laight  street,  be  charged  for 
all  the  water  delivered  through  the  taps  used. 

Adjourned. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  4,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  William  H.  King  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Water  Reg- 
istrar, to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  gth  inst. 

Resolved,  That  Gilbert  H.  W'hite  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Chief  Clerk 
to  the  Water  Registrar,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  Qth  inst. 

Resolved,  That  Thomas  Gilroy  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  6th  Clerk  to  the 
Water  Registrar,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  date  he  reports  for  duty. 

The  following  communications  were  received  and  ordered  at  length  on  the 
minutes: 

Office  of  R.  D.  Wood  &  Co, 
Manufacturers  of  Cast  Iron,  Gas  and  Water  Pipes,  Etc., 

No.  400  Chestnut  Street, 
Philadelphia,  7th  month,  2Qth  day,  1865. 

To  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

In  consequence  of  the  failure  to  open  the  proposals  for  cast-iron  pipes,  offered 
by  the  undersigned  on  the  27th  inst.,  at  the  time  specified  in  the  advertisement  asking 
for  said  proposals,  we  hereby  withdraw  them. 

HUGH  D.  VAIL, 
of  the  firm  of  R.  D.  Wood  &  Co. 

New  York,  July  29,  1865. 

• 

THOS.   STEPHENS,  Esq..   President  Croton  Board: 

Sir — Having  bid  for  a  sewer  in  Eighty-third  street,  from  Third  to  Fourth  ave- 
nues, in  compliance  with  your  specifications,  which  requested  proposals  for  the 
above  work  at  your  office  until  n  o'clock  a.  m.  on  the  28th  inst,  at  which  time 
would  be  publicly  opened,  read  and  the  award  of  contract  made,  your  Board  met  and 
proceeded  to  open  bids  and  did  open  a  number;  at  this  stage  of  your  proceedings 
one  of  the  Board  absented  himself  and  no  further  business  was  transacted,  thus  ren- 
dering null  and  void  further  transaction  in  the  premises.  I  demand,  sir,  the  return 
of  my  bid.  In  the  event  of  a  refusal,  and  the  work  named  be  awarded  to  me,  I  posi- 
tively decline  to  accept  it  or  entering  into  a  contract  for  the  work  named.  With 
great  respect,  I  am,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  L.  MORRELL, 


i6o 

Resolved,  That  Samuel  M.  Clark  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Foreman 
of  the  pipe  yard  Twenty-fourth  street,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  date  he  reports 
for  duty. 

Adjourned. 

ROBERT  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD.' 


August  10,  1865,  2  o'clock  p.  m. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  to  execute 
the  contract  with  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock  for*  repairing  streets. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Craven. 

Mr.  Merwin  R.  Brewer  appeared  as  counsel  for  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock, 
and  on  reading  the  contract  with  the  supplement,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Board, 
was  necessary,  in  consequence  of  the  delay  which  had  occurred,  objected  to  the  em- 
bodying the  supplement  in  the  contract.  After  consultation  it  was  suggested  by  Mr. 
Brewer  and  agreed  to  by  this  Board  that  the  whole  matter  be  postponed  until  to- 
morrow, Friday,  at  3  p.  m.  At  the  request  of  Mr.  Brewer,  a  note  was  written  to  Mr. 
Devlin,  Counsel  for  .the  Corporation,  asking  him  to  meet  the  Board  on  important 

business  at  his  office  to-morrow  at  2  p.  m. 

• 

Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock  were  present  with  Mr.  Duffy,  one  of  their  pro- 
posed securities.  Mr.  Brewer  objected  to  the  execution  of  the  contract,  as  presented 
by  the  Board,  but  asked  that  Mr.  Duffy  be  allowed  to  sign  as  surety  in  consequence 
of  his,  Dufry's,  desire  to  leave  the  city  to-morrow.  This  was  objected  to  by  the  Board 
for  reasons  given.  Mr.  Brewer  then  told  Messrs.  McCool  and  Warnock  that  we 
would  be  ready  to  have  them  sign  by  3  p.  m.  to-morrow.  Mr.  McCunn,  the  other 
surety  named  in  the  bid  of  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock,  did  not  appear. 

Adjourned. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  12,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

A  remonstrance  was  received  from  Mr.  A.  S.  Jarvis  against  the  construction  of  a 
sewer  in  Tenth  avenue  and  Sixtieth  street,  from  Fifty-ninth  street  to  about  300  feet 
west  of  Ninth  avenue,  whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  To  withdraw  the  advertisement  for  the  above  named  sewer  and  post- 
pone the  letting. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

AugUSt     22,      1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt,  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

A  complaint  was  received  from  the  Water  Purveyor,  stating  that  the  Third  Ave- 
nue Railroad  Company  were  taking  up  the  pavement  and  changing  the  grade  of  the 
avenue  at  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Seventy-fourth  street.  A  note  was  sent  to  the 
Police  Commissioners  requesting  them  to  cause  the  arrest  of  the  persons  employed 
in  disturbing  the  pavement  above  named. 

A  notice  was  also  sent  to  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Darling,  President  of  the  Third  Avenue 
Railroad  Company,  directing  him  to  desist  from  said  work  and  restore  the  pavement 
to  its  former  condition  and  grade,  and  that  in  default  of  his  doing  so  this  Board  would 
have  it  done  and  charge  the  expense  thereof  to  the  company. 

Mr.  Theo.  Weston,  Assistant  Engineer  in  charge  of  sewerage  system  surveys, 
presented  a  plan  for  Districts  Nos.  I  and  5  for  adoption,  whereupon  Mr.  Darragh 
offered  the  following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  of  District  No.  i  and  5,  for  sewerage  systems,  be 
amended  so  as  to  increase  the  diameter  of  all  the  sewers  and  pipes  therein  to  the  extent 
of  3  inches. 

Which  was  lost,  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Craven  voting  in  the  negative. 


162 

Mr.  Craven  then  moved  the  adoption  of  the  plans  as  presented,  which  were 
adopted,  Mr.  Darragh  voting  in  the  negative. 

The  following  notices  were  sent  to  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock,  contractors  for 
repairing  street  pavements,  etc. : 

Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

New  York,  August  22,  1865. 

To  Messrs.  McCOOL  &  WARNOCK,  Contractors  for  the  Repairs  of  Street  Pave- 
ments : 

Sirs — Complaints  having  been  received  at  this  office  relative  to  the  use  by  you  of 
improper  materials  in  the  prosecution  of  work  under  your  contract,  also  as  to  the 
careless,  irregular  and  unworkmanlike  manner  in  which  the  repairs  are  made,  also 
as  to  your  neglect  to  make  proper  repairs  to  cross-walks,  and  also  as  to  your  failure 
to  employ  regularly  in  the  work  of  repairs  a  force  of  not  less  than  three  hundred 
men,  exclusive  of  Foremen,  as  specified  in  your  contract,  this  is  to  advise  yoti 
that  this  Board  holds  you  to  a  strict  compliance  with  each  and  all  of  the  specifica- 
tions and  covenants  of  said  contract,  and  that  failure  on  your  part  to  comply  there- 
with will  cause  the  prompt  annulment  of  said  contract,  and  the  consequent  forfeiture 
of  all  moneys  owing  and  unpaid  to  you  on  said  contract  or  to  which  you  may  have 
any  claim  under  any  of  the  covenants  thereof. 

Yours  respectfully, 

THOS.   STEPHENS, 
ROBT.    L.    DARRAGH, 
A.  W.  CRAVEN. 
Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  August  22,  1865. 

To  Messrs.  McCOOL  &  WARNOCK,  Contractors: 

Sirs — Please  to  take  notice  that,  in  pursuance  of  the  covenants  of  the  contract 
made  with  yon  for  the  repairing  and  repaving  of  the  carriageways  in  The  City  of 
New  York,  and  for  the  facilitation  of  the  work  under  the  same,  this  Board  has 
divided  the  said  City  into  seventeen  districts,  which  are  bounded  and  numbered  as 
shown  on  a  certain  map  of  the  City,  appropriately  indorsed,  and  filed  in  this  office, 
a  copy  thereof  being  herewith  furnished  to  you. 

You  will  further  take  notice  that  this  Board  has  determined,  and  accordingly 
herewith  directs,  that  until  notice  to  the  contrary  be  given,  the  proportion  of  the 
specified  force  of  300  men,  exclusive  of  Foremen,  which  must  be  regularly  employed 
in  each  of  said  districts  is  as  follows,  viz.: 

In  each  of  the  districts  numbered  from  one  to  eleven,  both  inclusive,  a  force  of 
eighteen  men,  and  in  each  of  the  six  other  districts  a  force  of  seventeen  men.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  said  force  in  each  of  said  districts,  there  must  be  employed  so  many 


horses  and  carts  as  may  be  necessary  to  keep  the  force  in  each  of  the  said  districts 
constantly  employed,  and  to  carry  out  the  specifications  of  the  contract.  You  will 
further  take  notice  that  an  Inspector  has  been  appointed  by  this  Board  to  each  of 
said  districts,  whose  duty  it  is  to  see  that  the  men  employed  by  you  are  competent 
and  faithful,  and  that  all  repairs  are  made  in  a  thorough  and  workmanlike  manner. 
It  is  also  made  their  duty  to  designate  the  order  in  which  the  repairs  on  any 
street  or  streets,  or  any  particular  part  thereof,  shall  be  undertaken,  and  also  the 
extent  to  which  the  repairs  shall  be  made,  and  generally  to  communicate  to  you 
or  to  the  persons  in  your 'employ  such  special  directions  as  this  Board  may  from 
time  to  time  give  with  reference  to  the  performance  of  the  work  under  your  con- 
tract. 

Very  respectfully, 

THOS.  STEPHENS, 
ROBT.   L.   DARRAGH, 
A.  W.  CRAVEN, 

Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 
ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

August  24,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

On  motion,  Mr.  George  H.  E.  Lynch  was  appointed  First  Clerk  to  the  Water 
Registrar,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  August  next. 

On  motion,   Mr.   Benholf  was  appointed  Foreman  of  the  Pipe  Yards,  to  take 
effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  August  next. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  31,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock  presented  the  following  bill,  viz.: 

New  York,  September  i,  1865. 

The  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  To  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock,  Dr. : 
For  services  rendered  in  repaving  and  repairing  the  streets  in  accordance 

with  the  terms  of  a  contract  entered  into  with  the  Croton  Aqueduct 

Board,  which  is  dated   August   n,   1865,  being  from  the.  ist   day  of 

August,  1865,  to  the  3ist  day  of  August,  1865. $14,500  oo 

Less  one-fifth  of  $5,000,  retained  under  section  10 1,000  oo 


$13,500  oo 
Less  15  per  cent.,  retained  under  section  10 2,025  °° 


$11,475  oo 

— which  was  rejected  for  the  reason  that  the  bill  is  made  out  from  the   ist  day  of 
August,  when  the  contract  was  not  signed  until  the  nth  day  of  August,  and  the  work 
was  not  commenced  until  the  I4th  day  of  August. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  n,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Messrs. 
Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  sewers  be  constructed  in  the  following  streets,  viz.:  Allen  street, 
between  Stanton  and  Houston  streets;  Eleventh  avenue,  between  Forty-seventh  and 
Forty-eighth  streets,  and  in  Robinson  street,  from  the  Hudson  river  to  Greenwich 
street. 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock,  contractors  for  repairs  to  street 
pavements,  be  notified  that  the  bill  rendered  by  them  for  work  alleged  to  have  been 
done  by  them  during  the  month  of  August,  1865,  cannot  be  considered  by  the  Board, 


for  the  reason  that  one  month  has  not  elapsed  since  the  commencement  of  the  work 
under  their  contract,  the  said  contract  clearly  specifying  that  payments  are  to  be  made 
knonthly,  and  then  only  upon  the  filing  of  proper  certificates  to  the  effect  that  the 
work  under  the  contract  has  been  faithfully  performed. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  15,  1865. 

At  a  meeting   of  the   Croton  Aqueduct   Board  held  this   day,   present  Messrs. 
Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  contractors  for  cleaning  the  streets  be  notified  that  complaints 
have  been  made  to  this  Board  by  the  Water  Police  and  others  that  the  said  contractors 
do  not  clean  the  gutters  before  applying  Croton  water  to  them,  but  that,  on  the  contrary, 
dirt  and  refuse  matter  are  swept  into  the  gutters,  and  thence  washed  down  into  the 
.basins  by  streams  of  water  from  the  hydrants,  and  that  the  said  contractors  be  further 
notified  that  a  repetition  of  this  violation  of  the  rules  of  this  Department  will  be  im- 
mediately followed  by  the  withdrawal  from  the  said  contractors  of  any  further  per- 
mission to  use  the  Croton  water. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


September  23, 1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Robt.  L.  Darragh 
and  A.  W.  Craven,  the  following  bill  was  passed  and  ordered  paid : 

Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  To  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock,  Dr.  : 

For  services  rendered  in  repaving  and  repairing  the  streets,  etc.,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  terms  of  a  contract  entered  into  with  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board,  which  is  dated  August  u,  1865,  being  from  the 


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I4th  day  of  August,  1865,  to  the  I3th  day  of  September,  1865,  tooth 

days   inclusive $14,500  oo 

Less  one-fifth  of  $5,000  retained  under  section  10 1,000  oo 


$13,500  oo 
Deduct  pro  rata  amount  for  men  not  employed  in  accordance  with  the 

terms  of  the  contract i,i57  04 


$12,342  96 
Less   15   per  cent,   retained   under   section   10 1,851  44 


$10,491  52 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  29,   1865. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

On  a  full  consideration  of  the  several  sites  examined  in  Westchester  and  Putnam 
counties  for  storage  reservoirs,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  site  known  and  marked  on  the  map  as  Reservoir  G  be 
selected  as  the  one  containing  all  the  requisite  advantages  and  as  being  the  most 
economical  in  cost. 

Resolved,  That  A.  W.  Craven  be  empowered  on  the  part  of  the  Board  to  purchase 
lands  on  the  said  site  from  the  following  named  persons  and  at  the  rates  set 
opposite  their  names,  respectively:  Epenetus  Ketcham,  at  $100  per  acre;  Knox,  at 
$135  per  acre;  Mcrrick,  at  $125  per  acre;  Kirkham,  at  $135  per  acre;  J.  R.  Kelly,  at 
$100  per  acre. 

And,  further,  that  he  be  empowered  to  settle  with  J.  R.  Kelly  for  damages  by 
reason  of  his  being  cut  off  from  water  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  $1,000. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October   10,   1865. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

An  application  to  have  a  sewer  built  in  Thirty-eighth  street,  between  the  Tenth 
and  Eleventh  avenues,  was  received  and  referred  to  Mr.  Weston. 

Applications  were  received  for  free  hydrants  to  be  located  on  the  corner  of 
Eighty-third  street  and  Eighth  avenue,  and  Seventy-fourth  street  and  Eighth  avenue, 
which  were  referred  to  the  Water  Purveyor. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  11,  1865. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Weston  presented  plans  for  the  sewerage -system  of  Districts  Nos.  i,  2,  6 
&nd  7,  which  were  adopted,  Mr.  Darragh  voting  in  the  negative. 

The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr.   Craven,  was  adopted: 

Whereas,  On  the  2d  day  of  October,  Joseph  Moore,  contractor  for  building  a 
sewer  in  Fifty-second  street,  between  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues,  has  notified 
this  Board  in  writing  that  he  had  abandoned  the  contract  entered  into  by  him;  and 

Whereas,  John  McQuade  and  Bernard  Riley,  sureties  on  said  sewer,  were  notified 
on  the  7th  inst.  that  unless  the  work  was  commenced  by  Tuesday,  the  loth  inst.,  the 
work  on  said  sewer  would  be  readvertised  and  let;  and 

Whereas,  Said  McQuade  and  Riley  have  not  commenced  said  work; 

Resolved,  That  the  work  thus  abandoned  be  advertised  for  reletting  and  notice 
given  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  of  the  said  abandonment  in  order  that  he  take  the 
proper  measures  against  the  said  sureties. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

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October  16,  1865. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  De  Witt  C.  Graham  be  appointed  as  Secretary  to  the  Bureau  of 
Sewerage,  at  a  salary  of  $1,500  per  annum. 

Bill  of  McCool  &  Warnock  for  repaving  and  repairing  the  streets,  etc.,  from 
September  14  to  October  13,  amounting  to  $11,399.61,  was  ordered  paid. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  23,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Jacob  Moore  was  cited  before  the  Board  relative  to  charges  preferred 
against  him,  and  in  answer  made  the  following  statement,  viz.: 

That  the  men  named  on  the  payrolls  of  June  and  July  have  all  received  from  him 
the  full  amount  set  opposite  their  names  on  the  above-named  payrolls  as  sworn  to  by 
him,  and  that  if  there  is  any  discrepancy  between  the  time  they  actually  worked  and  the 
time  given  to  them  on  the  payroll,  is  owing  to  his  mistake  occasioned  by  his  con- 
finement to  the  house  from  the  middle  of  June  to  the  middle  of  August  by  the  illness 
of  his  son,  and  after  that  by  the  illness  of  his  daughter,  and  that  on  the  25th  of  this 
month  (October)  it  will  be  six  weeks  since  he  was  out  of  the  house,  having  been  con- 
fined with  typhoid  fever  himself,  excepting  on  the  I9th  of  this  month,  when  he  was 
out  to  the  gate  house  for  the  first  time.  In  addition  to  this  statement  Mr.  Moore  made 
the  following  affidavit: 
City  and  County  of  New  York,  ss. : 

Jacob  Moore,  being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says  that  he  paid  the  men  named 
on  the  payroll  of  Aqueduct  Repairs  and  Improvements  the  full  amount  as  set  opposite 
their  names  during  the  months  of  June  and  July,  1865,  and  that  he  has  never  received 
any  portion  of  the  same  back,  directly  or  indirectly. 

(Signed)  JACOB  MOORE. 

Sworn  to  this  23d  day  of  October,  1865,  before  me. 

(Signed)  H.  L.  ROBERTSON,  Commissioner  of  Deeds. 

On  motion,  his  case  was  laid  over  until  the  next  meeting. 


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Mr.  James  Berwick  also  appeared  before  the  Board  in  answer  to  charges  pre- 
ferred against  him,  and  made  the  following  statement,  viz.: 

That  Dennis  Murray  commenced  work  about  the  middle  of  June  and  worked  the 
whole  of  July.  In  making  up  the  payroll  I  copied  the  names  from  a  sheet  on  which 
the  time  was  kept,  and  copied  his  name  in  error.  After  I  had  returned  the  payrolls  I 
was  copying  the  same  on  my  book  and  discovered  the  error.  The  next  day  I  came 
down  to  the  .office  to  see  Mr.  Church,  but  did  not  see  him.  I  did  not  like  to  speak  to 
Mr.  Craven  about  it.  I  then  thought  it  would  make  no  difference,  as  I  could  return 
the  money  after  I  received  it  for  the  men. 

On  motion,  his  case  was  also  laid  over  until  the  next  meeting. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


October  24,   1865.     . 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  will  not  cause  any  street  to  be  paved  with  Belgian 
pavement  through  which  the  railroad  tracks  are  laid,  unless  said  tracks  are  in  their 
proper  position. 

Resolved,  That  the  charge  for  private  fire  hydrants  be  fixed  at  the  rate  of  fifty 
dollars  per  annum. 

Resolved,  That  an  extra  charge  of  forty  dollars  per  annum  be  made  to  all  water 
takers  using  the  Hanson  pump. 

Resolved,  That  whenever  a  complaint  shall  have  been  made  against  a  licensed 
plumber  or  mason  in  regard  to  the  condition  of  any  repavement  laid  or  omitted  by 
him,  and  such  plumber  or  mason  shall,  after  notice  in  writing  left  at  his  place  of 
business,  omit  or  neglect  during  a  period  of  one  week  from  the  service  of  such 
notice  to  make  such  repairs  to  said  repavement  as  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  may 
deem  necessary,  the  license  of  such  plumber  or  mason  shall  immediately  be  either 
suspended  for  a  definite  period  or  revoked,  at  the  pleasure  of  said  Board. 

Resolved,  As  a  rule  of  this  Board,  that  no  licensed  plumber  shall  put  up  in  any 
building  any  hydraulic  ram,  engine  or  other  machine  requiring  for  its  operation 
the  consumption  oi  water,  without  first  taking  out,  a  special  permit  therefor  from 
this  Board. 


Resolved,  That  a  violation  of  this  rule  by  any  plumber  shall  bet  considered  suf- 
ficient cause  for  a  revocation  of  his  license. 

Resolved,  That  copies  of  the  above  resolutions  be  printed  and  a  copy  sent  to  each 
licensed  plumber  and  mason. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  27,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.*  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Weston,  Assistant  Engineer,  presented  maps  and  plans  for  sewerage  system 
of  District  No.  8. 

Which  was  adopted. 

Affirmative — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Craven.     Negative — Mr.   Darragh. 

Resolved,  That  a  public  hvdrant  be  placed  on  the  corner  of  Sixty-second  street 
and  Eighth  avenue. 

Adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  the  Water  Cutters  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  two 
dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  day.  to  date  from  the  commencement  of  next 
pay. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  30,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Peter  Kerrigan  appeared  before  the  Board  and  made  the  following  affidavit, 
viz.: 
City  and  County  of  New  York,  ss. : 

Peter  Kerrigan,  being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says  that  he  worked  upon  the 
Aqueduct  and  High  Bridge  under  the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Moore,  and  that  the 


following  is  an  account  of  the  time,  as  made  by  him,   and  the  amount  of  money 
received  for  each  month,  respectively,  as  set  forth: 

February,  1865,  12^  days,  at  $1.75 $21  87 

March,  1865,  6^  days,  at  $1.75 , n  38 

April,  1865,  did  not  work ._ 

May,  1865,  9^  days,  at  $1.75 16  63 

June,  1865,  17^  days,  at  $1.75 32  13 

July,  1865,  ii*/2  days,  at  $1.75 21  oo 

August,  1865,  14  days,  at  $1.75 24  50 

He  further  states  that  he  has  never  had  any  dispute  with  or  any  ill  feeling  against 
Mr.  Moore. 

(Signed)  PETER  KERRIGAN. 

Sworn  to  this  3Oth  day  of  October,  1865,  before  me. 

(Signed)  H.  L.  ROBERTSON,  Commissioner  of  Deeds. 

H.  L.  Robertson  stated  that  he  called  upon  Dr.  Jackson,  who  stated  that  he  at- 
tended the  son  of  Mr.  Moore  from  May  22  until  July  20,  and  occasionally  afterwards, 
and  his  daughter  from  August  I  for  about  three  weeks;  that  during  a  portion  of  this 
time  it  required  the  whole  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore's  attention,  as  the  disease  assumed 
a  dangerous  and  critical  character.  He  thought  that  Mr.  Moore  could  have  attended 
to  his  business  with  the  exception  of  say  two  or  three  weeks. 

Resolved,  That  Jacob  Moore  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  from  the  office  of 
Superintendent  Seventh  Division  Croton  Aqueduct. 

Adopted. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  30,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos..  Ste- 
phens, Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Bill  of  Messrs.  McCool  and  Warnock  for  repaving  and  repairing  the  streets  from 
October  14  to  November  13,  amounting  to  $10,972.99,  was  ordered  paid. 

Resolved,  That  a  free  drinking  hydrant  be  placed  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Seventy-third  street  and  Eighth  avenue. 


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Permission  was  granted  to  Mr.  Henry  Green  and  others  to  lay  down  a  separate 
pipe  and  put  up  four  fire  hydrants  in  Spruce  street,  between  William  and  Nassau 
streets,  for  the  better  protection  of  the  property  in  the  neighborhood,  the  same  to  be 
done  at  their  expense. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary, 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  I,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos.  Ste- 
phens, Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  all  work  on  sewers  be  suspended  from  this  date  except  on  excava- 
tions in  rock. 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Engineer  in  Charge  of  the  Sewerage 
Bureau  be  fixed  at  $3,000  per  annum  from  the  ist  of  November,  1865,  and  that  the 
salary  of  the  Second  Assistant  in  the  same  Bureau  be  fixed  at  $2,400  per  annum,  com- 
mencing from  the  ist  day  of  November,  1865. 

Resolved,  That  George  S.  Greene  be  appointed  as  Engineer  in  Charge  of  the  con- 
struction of  the  storage  reservoirs  in  Putnam  County  at  a  salary  of  $3,500  per  an- 
num, and  that  J.  J.  R.  Croes  be  appointed  Principal  Assistant  on  the  same  work  at  a 
salary  of  $2,500  per  annum. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  20,  1865. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos. 
Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  the  following  preamble  and  resolu- 
tions were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  whereas  Messrs.  McCool  and  Warnock,  the  contractors  for 
repairs  to  street  pavements,  have,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Board,  neglected  and  omitted 
to  perform  their  work  in  accordance  with  the  agreement  entered  into  by  them  with  this 
Board,  and  have  wilfully  violated  the  specifications  thereof,  and  have  prosecuted  the  work 
called  for  by  said  agreement  in  bad  faith,  and  are  not  progressing  with  said  work  ac- 


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cording  to  the  terms  of  said  agreement,  therefore  this  Board,  under  and  in  pursuance  of 
the  authority  derived  from  covenant  8  of  said  agreement,  do  hereby  declare  the  said 
agreement  annulled. 

It  is  further  resolved,  That  the  said  contractors  be  immediately  directed  to  dis- 
continue all  work  under  said  agreement,  or  any  part  thereof. 

Resolved,  That  the  Inspectors  employed  on  the  repairs  to  street  pavements  under  a 
contract  entered  into  with  Messrs.  McCool  &  Warnock  be  and  they  are  hereby  dis- 
missed, to  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  Geo.  A.  Gushing,  Assistant  Engineer,  be  fixed  at 
$2,500  per  annum,  to  take  effect  from  the  ist  day  of  December,  1865. 

Resolved,  That  the  Water  Purveyor  be  directed  to  report  the  condition  of  the  pave- 
ments throughout  the  City. 

Resolved,  That  the  wages  of  the  Blacksmith  employed  at  the  pipe  yard  be  increase^ 
to  $3.50  per  day,  to  take  effect  from  'and  after  the  i8th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


January  3,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct.  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos.  Ste- 
phens and  A.  W.  Craven,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  Common  Council,  on  the  3ist  day  of  December,  1864,  passed  a 
resolution  increasing  the  pay  of  the  Water  Police  from  two  to  three  dollars  per  day,  and 
as  a  number  of  the  parties  employed  have  commenced  suits  for  such  increase  and  ob- 
tained judgments  against  the  City,  and  have  received  their  money  by  the  hands  of 
the  Comptroller,  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  the  Water  Police  be  increased  from  two  to  three  dollars 
per  day,  to  date  from  and  after  the  ist  of  January,  1866,  and  that  the  sum  named  in 
the  estimate  of  thisBoard  forsalaries  of  the  Water  Police  for  1866  be  increased,  from 
$18,540  to  $27,810. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  22,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos.  Ste- 
phens, Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Assistant  Engineer  Examining  Meters, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  increased  from  $2,500  to  the  sum  of  $3,000  per  annum,  the 
same  to  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  7, 1866. 

»At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thos.  Ste- 
phens, Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Third  and  Sixth  Avenue  Railroad  Companies  be  charged  fifty 
dollars  annually  for  each  fire  hydrant  on  their  premises,  to  date  from  the  ist  day  of 
November,  1865,  and  to  continue  said  charge  until  the  same  are  removed  and  this 
Board  notified  of  the  same. 

Resolved,  That  the  water  from  all  fountains  in  the  open  air,  whether  public  or 
private,  be  shut  off  and  continue  so  shut  off  until  the  ist  day  of  May  next,  and  that 
they  be  so  shut  off  every  year  from  the  ist  of  November  until  the  ist  of  May  fol- 
lowing. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  12,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens.  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  rule  adopted  by  this  Board  relative  to  the  paving  of  streets 
wherein  railroad  tracks  are  laid  be  suspended  so  far  as  relates  to  paving  Third 


avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  street  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
ninth  street,  and  that  the  same  be  advertised  for  contract. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  D.  C.  Graham  asking  for  an  increase 
of  salary,  which  was  referred  to  Mr.  Weston  to  report  on  the  same. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

March  i,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  A.  W.  Craven  be  authorized  to  make  an  agreement  on  the  part 
of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to  purchase  from  Labon  Barret  so  much  of  his  land 
as  may  be  required  in  the  construction  of  a  dam  for  a  storage  reservoir,  provided 
that  the  quantity  of  land  taken  does  not  exceed  ten  acres  and  the  price  agreed  upon 
does  not  exceed  $200  per  acre,  and  provided  further  that  the  said  agreement  does 
not  bind  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to  any  liabilities  in  case  Reservoir  E  shall 
not  be  selected  for  construction,  and  in  like  manner  that  A.  W.  Craven  be  em- 
powered to  make  an  agreement  with  Joseph  Carrigan  and  with  Solomon  Barrett 
for  a  like  provisional  purchase  of  their  lands,  respectively,  the  quantity  and  price 
agreed  upon  to  be  limited  in  the  case  of  Carrigan  to  ten  acres  at  $100  per  acre,  and 
in  the  case  of  Solomon  Barrett  to  five  acres  at  $100  per  acre. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  7,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Edward  J.  O'Keefe  be  removed  as  Clerk  to  Water  Regis- 
trar, and  that  Mr.  Maurice  Daley  be  appointed  in  his  place. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Thomas  Farren  be  removed  as  one  of  the  Water  Police, 
and  that  Mr.  John  S.  Meredith  be  appointed  in  his  place,  and  that  Mr.  Henry  R. 
Hoffmire  be  appointed  as  Water  Police  in  the  place  of  Mr.  Maurice  Daley. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


176 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


April  13,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Darragh  and  Craven.     It  was 

Resolved,   That  the  salary  of   Mr.   Dewitt   C.   Graham,   Secretary  of  Sewerage 
Bureau,  be  increased  to  $2,000  per  annum,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  ist  April. 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  Inspectors  on  Sewer  Connections  be  increased  to  $4 
per  day,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  Qth  day  of  April. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  24,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Darragh  and  Craven. 
The  following  resolutions  wiere  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  the  Assistant  Engineers  in  this  Department  be  as 
follows,  viz. : 

First  Assistant  Engineers,  at  the  rate  of  $2,000  per  annum;  Second  Assistant 
Engineers,  at  the  rate  of  $1,500  per  annum;  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  ist 
April,  1866. 

Resolved,  That  the  wages  of  the  Water  Cutters  in  this  Department  be  increased 
to  the  sum  of  $3  per  day,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  23d  of  April,  1866. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  William  Conghlin  be  and  is  hereby  removed  as  one  of  the 
Water  Police,  to  take  effect  on  the  3Oth  day  of  April,  1866. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


177 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  10,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Darragh  and  Craven. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  the  Inspectors  of  Pavement  or  Sewer  Construction  shall  here- 
after make  out  their  bills  in  their  own  handwriting,  and  shall  not  leave  their  work 
during  working  hours  for  the  purpose  of  making  affidavit  thereto. 

Resolved,  That  no  bill  which  is  not  made  out  in  the  handwriting  of  the  Inspector 
for  whose  pay  it  is  drawn  will  be  included  in  the  requisition  on  the  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  no  Clerk  or  employee  of  this  Department  shall  draw  up  or  copy 
for  any  contractor  or  other  person  not  belonging  -to  the  Department  any  petition  or 
statement  of  claims  for  increased  allowance  or  for  damages,  which  statement  or 
petition  is  to  come  before  this  Board  for  consideration. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May  15,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Darragh  and  Craven.    It  was 

Resolved,  That  the  site  of  the  dwelling  house  for  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Receiving  Reservoir,  etc.,  be  fixed  at  the  point  suggested  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Central  Park,  viz.,  between  the  north  wall  of  the  old  receiving  reservoir  and  the 
Park  transverse  road  opposite  thereto,  provided  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Cen- 
tral Park  set  apart  for  that  purpose  a  piece  of  ground,  which  shall  be  three  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  in  length,  along  the  said  north  wall,  and  extending  from  said  wall  to  said 
transverse  road. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


178 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD.  4 

May  22,   1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Geo.  Caulfield  &  Company  be  licensed  to  supply  all  the  shipping, 
steamboats,  tugboats,  etc.,  with  the  Croton  water,  for  the  sum  of  thirty-five  thousand 
dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid  in  equal  monthly  installments  on  the  first  day  of  each 
month  in  advance,  the  said  license  to  continue  and  remain  in  force  until  the  ist  day 
oi  May,  1867,  unless  sooner  annulled  by  this  Board. 

Communication  was  received  from  Mr.  James  D.  Keegan  asking  that  the  Board 
would  pay  for  keeping  his  horse,  which  was  laid  on  the  table. 

The  following  proposals  were  received  for  constructing,  etc.,  a  steam  engine  for 
the  high  service  at  Carmansville: 

Henry  R.  Worthington $49oOO  oo 

C.  V.  Delamater • 51,000  oo 

W.  E.  Worthen 47,600  oo 


Contract  was  awarded  to  W.  E.  Worthen. 

Mr.  Church,  Assistant  Engineer,  stated  that  Mr.  James  Berwick,  late  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Fifth  Division  of  the  Aqueduct,  had  taken  away  and  removed  certain 
property  belonging  to  the  Department;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  unless  Mr.  Berwick  return  the  above-named  property  alleged  to 
have  been  taken  without  the  consent  of  the  Department,  this  Board  will  enter  a  com- 
plaint to  the  Grand  Jury  to  have  him  indicted  for  theft. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


179 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


March  25,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  viz. : 

Resolved,  That  the  petition  of  Thos.  Brady  for  extra  allowance  for  constructing 
sewer  in  Fifty-fourth  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues,  was  referred  to  Mr. 
Craven. 

Resolved,  That  excepting  the' officers  of  this  Department  no  person  be  admitted 
within  the  railing  in  the  office  of  the  Contract  Clerk  on  any  pretense  whatever. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

June  30,  1866. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  the  following-named  persons  be  increased  as  fol- 
lows, to  take  effect  from  the  ist  day  of  June,  1866,  viz.: 

W.   Howard  White,  Rodman $90  oo  per  month 

Willard  A.   Nichols.  Rodman 90  oo  per  month 

James    F.    Marvin,    Axeman 2  50  per  day 

Josiah-  Conklin,  Axeman 2  50  per  day 

John  C.  Hopper,  Axeman  2  50  per  day 

John  M,  Wendell,  Axeman 2  50  per  day 

Jacob  Weber.  Axeman   2  50  per  day 


Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


i8o 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


July  2,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present— Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  A.  B.  Rollins  tendered  his  resignation  as  Water  Purveyor,  to  take  effect  on 
and  after  the  3ist  instant. 

Mr.  William  C.  Rhodes  tendered  his  resignation  as  Assistant  Water  Registrar, 
to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  3ist  instant. 

Which  were  accepted. 

The  following  resolutions  were  then  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Wm.  H.  King  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Water  Regis- 
trar, to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  3ist  instant. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Wm.  H.  McKinney  be  appointed  as  Water  Registrar  in 
place  of  Wm.  H.  King,  removed;  that  Mr.  William  Walsh  be  appointed 
Water  Purveyor  in  place  of  A.  B.  Rollins,  resigned;  that  Alexander  McLeod  be 
appointed  Assistant  Water  Registrar  in  place  of  William  C.  Rhodes,  resigned,  and 
that  Joseph  Brennan  be  appointed  Sewer  Permit  Clerk  to  fill  vacancy,  said  ap- 
pointments to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  ist  day  of  August  next. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

July  30,   1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  George  S.  Greene,  Engineer  in  charge  of  storage 
reservoirs,  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  $4,000  per  annum,  to  date  from  and  after  the 
ist  instant. 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  Wm.  L.  Dearborn,  Engineer  in  charge  of  high 
service  at  Carmansville,  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  $4,000  per  annum,  to  date  from 
and  after  the  ist  instant. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  10,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present— Thomas  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Daniel  Strain  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Clerk  to  the 
Water  Registrar,  and  that  Wm.  B.  Parsons  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Fifth 
Clerk  to  the  Water  Registrar,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  I5th  instant. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  14,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Charles  Blauvelt  be  appointed  as  Fourth  Clerk  to  the  Water 
Registrar,  and  that  Jesse  Fonda  be  appointed  as  Fifth  Clerk  to  the  Water  Regis- 
trar, said  appointments  to  date  on  and  after  the  i6th  instant. 

Resolved,  That  the  following  named  persons*  be  and  are  hereby  removed  from 
the  Water  Police,  viz.: 

Mr.  M.  Farrell,  H.  R.  Hoffmire,  Charles  Linn,  Owen  Monaghan,  Thos.  J. 
Cavanagli,  Wm.  J.  Hinch,  Francis  McAnana  and  N.  C.  Robertson  to  take  effect  on 
the  i8th  instant 

Resolved,  That  the  following  named  persons  be  and  are  hereby  appointed  as 
Water  Police,  viz.: 

George  R.  Cole,  Anthony  Kiernan,  Thomas  G.  Cowan,  Peter  Murphy,  John 
Quinlan,  Daniel  W.  Bostwick,  John  Foley,  L.  Welsch,  Henry  Rowley.  C.  H.  Cooper, 
Klbert  Robinson,  James  McCarty  and  Frank  Raymond. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

4 

October  25,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.   Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That,  on  the  completion  of  the  paving  of  any  street  under  contract 
and  the  removal  of  all  surplus  material  from  the  surface,  the  Inspector  shall  be  sus- 
pended from  the  work,  and  if  the  sand  which  has  been  placed  over  the  pavements  be 
not  removed  within  ten  days,  the  Inspector  will,  at  the  expiration  of  the  ten  days, 
be  placed  again  upon  the  work  to  remain  until  the  sand  be  removed  according  to 
the  terms  of  the  contract. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


November  8,    1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day.         • 
Present — Thos,  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  following  resolution,  presented  by  Mr.  Craven,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  all  contracts  let  on  the  i6th  day  of  August  which  have  not  been 
commenced  by  contractors  be  annulled  immediately,  was  lost. 

Mr.  Stephens  moved  that  the  subject  be  deferred  for  the  sake  of  obtaining  more 
information.  Carried,  A.  W.  Craven  voting  in  the  negative. 

Mr.  Fuertes,  Assistant  Engineer's  report  on  the  quantity  of  water  used  in 
Gramercy  Park  fountain  was  read,  showing  the  amount  due  for  each  hour  the  foun- 
tain runs.  Ordered  that  the  water  rent  on  said  fountain  be  regulated  at  so  much 
per  hour,  according  to  the  schedule  shown  in  Mr.  Fuertes'  report. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT  BOARD. 


November  21,    1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos    Stephens,  Robert  L.   Darragh  and  A.  W.   Craven;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  Brunjes,  Ockerhausen  &  Company  be  charged  for  the 
use  of  the  Croton  water  in  their  sugar  refinery  at  the  rate  of  $2,000  per  annum  from 
November  i,  1866.  • 

Resolved,  That  General  George  S.  Greene,  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Storage 
Reservoirs,  be  and  he  is  authorized  to  agree  with  Mrs.  Polly  Haight  for  the 
purchase  of  her  farm  on  the  site  of  the  storage  reservoir  in  Putnam  County  on  the 
following  terms,  viz.: 

One  hundred  dollars  per  acre  for  as  many  acres  as  are  actually  required  for  the 
work,  and  three  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  for  the  dwelling  house,  barns  and  all 
other  improvements  of  whatever  character  on  said  farm. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  22,  1866. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Mr.  Daniel  A.  Webster  made  an  application  for  an  increase  of  salary  for  tapping 
water  pipes;  when,  after  consideration,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  his  salary  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  seven  dollars  per  day,  to 
take  effect  from  and  after  the  I7th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


i84 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


January  8,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Charles  S.  Garrison  be  appointed  as  Fourth  Clerk  to  the 
Water  Registrar,  and  that  Francis  J.  Sigerson  be  appointed  as  Second  Clerk  to  the 
Water  Purveyor,  in  place  of  Charles  Blauvelt  and  John  J.  Sigerson,  resigned. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  14,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  presented  by  Mr.  Craven  were  adopted, 
viz.: 

Whereas,  On  or  about  the  night  of  September  21,  1866,  the  Croton  Aqueduct  was 
secretly  broken  into  and  entered  near  Fordham  by  parties  acting  without  any  permit 
from  this  Board ;  and 

Whereas,  Such  entrance  was  in  violation  of  the  act  "To  provide  for  supplying  the 
City  of  New  York  with  pure  and  wholesome  water,"  passed  May  2,  1834;  and 

Whereas,  It  has  been  reported  to  this  Board  that  the  parties  guilty  of  the  said 
violation  of  the  law  are  as  follows:  W.  B.  Jenkins,  Foreman  John  Callahan,  Stephen 
Race,  Pat  Shanley,  Pat  Carney  and  Michael  Shanley,  Laborers;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  District  Attorney  of  Westchester  County  be  requested  to  take 
the  necessary  legal  steps  to  convict  the  parties  above  named  of  misdemeanor,  and  to 
punish  them  according  to  the  terms  of  the  law  aforesaid. 

On  motion,  it  was  further 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Craven  be  directed  to  communicate  with  the  District  Attorney 
of  Westchester  County  on  the  subject. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  21,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present—Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  Water  Pureveyor  be  directed  to  notify  all  parties   (excepting 
those  connected  with  this  Department)  occupying  any  portion  of  the  buildings  or 
yard  foot  of  Rivington  street  that  they  must  remove  on  or  before  the  ist  February 
next,  and  any  property  stored  therein  not  belonging  to  the  City  must  also  be  re- 
moved by  that  time. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

February  8,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  (any  Mason  allowing  his  name  to  be  used  by  any  person  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  a  sewer  permit  or  allowing  work  to  be  done  under  his  name  shall 
forfeit  his  license. 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  the  Foreman  of  the  yard  foot  of  Twenty-fourth  street, 
East  river,  and  the  Foreman  of  the  yard  foot  of  Rivington  street,  East  river,  be  in- 
creased from  two  and  one-half  dollars  to  three  dollars  per  day  from  and  after  the 
date  of  February  TO,  1867. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  19,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the   salaries   of  Theo.   Weston,   Assistant   Engineer,   Sewerage 
Bureau,  and  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Assistant  Engineer  Examining  Water  Meters,  be  in- 
creased to  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  to  take  effect  on  and  after 
March  i,  1867. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


i86 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


April  19,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  c'ay. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  John  J.  Conklin,  Messenger,  be  increased  to  the 
sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  the  salary  of  Jacob  H.  Conklin,  Mes- 
senger, Engineer's  Office,  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars per  annum,  said  increase  to  date  from  April  i,  1867. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May  i,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  B.  S.  Church,  Assistant  Engineer,  be  increased  to 
the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  that  the  salary  of  Alex.  McLeod, 
Assistant  Water  Register,  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars 
per  anuum;  that  the  salary  of  Ralph  Ellis,  Superintendent  of  the  Receiving  Reser- 
voir, be  increased  to  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  said 
several  increases  to  take  effect  from  this  date. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

Also  the  following  resolution,  viz.: 

Resolved,  That  the  charge  for  the  use  of  the  water  for  the  fountain  in  Gram- 
ercy  Park  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  fixed  at  the  rate  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  annum. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


187 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  2,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present  —  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Craven. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  P.  F.  Maginn,  contractor  for  constructing  a  sewer  in  Seventieth 
street,  from  the  North  river  to  the  Tenth  avenue,  and  in  said  avenue  to  Seventy- 
fifth  street,  has  done  no  work  upon  said  sewer  for  the  last  two  months,  notwith- 
standing repeated  directions  from  this  Board  to  proceed  with  his  work; 

Resolved,  That  said  contract  be  annulled  and  the  work  advertised  for  reletting. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  3,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present  —  Messrs    Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  James  R.  Whiting  be  requested  to  remove  the  sand  from  Fifty- 
third  street,  between  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues,  and  send  bill  therefor  to  this 
Department  and  the  same  will  be  sent  to  the  Comptroller  as  a  lien  against  the  con- 
tractor for  paving  said  street. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  4,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present  —  Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 
The  following  preambles  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  W.  E.  Broderick,  contractor  for  constructing  sewers  in  Forty-seventh 
Street  and  Forty-ninth  Street,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Avenues,  with  branches 


i88 

in  the  Eleventh  Avenue,  has,  after  repeated  notices  to  proceed  with  his  work  in  the 
Eleventh  Avenue,  neglected  to  do  so. 

Resolved,  That  said  contract  be  annulled  and  the  said  work  be  advertised  for 
reletting. 

Whereas,  Oscar  Taylor,  contractor  for  constructing  sewers  between  Fifty-first 
and  Fifty-sixth  streets  and  between  the  Ninth  avenue  and  the  North  river,  has 
stopped^  work  on  said  contract,  and,  notwithstanding  official  notice  from  this  Board, 
has  not  resumed  it; 

Resolved,  That  the  said  contract  with  said  Taylor  be  annulled  and  the  work 
advertised  for  reletting. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  5,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 

The  following  business  was  transacted: 

It  being  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  that  David  Jones  has  been  guilty 
ot  fraud  against  this  Department  by  having  taps  put  in  the  pipe  surreptitiously  and 
supplying  his  distillery  at  Nos.  180  to  198  Sixth  street  with  water  therefrom,  and 
representing  that  he  received  no  water  except  from  taps  granted  by  the  Board,  it 
was  ordered  that  the  water  supply  to  said  distillery  be  cut  off. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  10,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day, 

Present — Messrs.   Stephens,   Darragh  and   Craven;   it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mathew  Murray  be  employed  to  repair  the  Belgian  pavement  in 
streets  or  avenues  north  of  Twenty-third  street  where  they  have  been  disturbed  by 
plumbers  or  masons,  and  that  the  sum  of  one  dollar  per  yard  be  paid  for  said  repairs. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 


189 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


November  21,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the  Distributing  Reservoir  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  abolished,  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  ist  day  of  December,  1867. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

December  7,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  application  of  E.  S.  Dickerson,  President  of  the  Third  Avenue 
Railroad,  was  presented,  viz.: 

New  York,  December  7,  1867. 
R.  L.  DARRAGH,  Esq.: 

Dear  Sir — We  have  some  wooden  stables  on  the  west  side  of  Third  avenue  op- 
posite the  depot.  They  are  on  leased  ground.  The  lease  expires  ist  April,  1868.  We 
have  purchased  almost  the  entire  front  between  Sixty-sixth  and  Sixty-seventh 
streets  on  Third  avenue,  west  side,  and  intend  to  remove  the  temporary  wooden 
buildings  on  to  the  centre  of  the  property  purchased.  I  have  put  up  fences  and  in- 
tend to  remove  the  buildings  at  once,  or  at  least  to  take  advantage  of  all  the  fine 
days  we  have  this  winter  to  remove.  We  shall  not  probably  build  a  permanent 
building  for  some  years.  I  have  made  the  application  for  a  tap  for  water  now,  for 
the  following  reasons:  I  want  it  in  before  the  ground  is  frozen,  as  I. have  to  run 
the  pipes  to  different  places  in  the  yard,  and  wish  to  do  it  before  I  put  the  buildings 
on,  and  because  I  shall  have  horses  removed  from  the  old  stables  .before  the  ist 
of  January,  and  also  I  wish  to  have  a  place  to  get  water  for  a  small  engine  as  a 
snow  sweeper,  to  be  used  only  when  it  snows.  The  buildings  to  be  removed  are 
about  400  feet  long  by  27  feet  wide,  one  story.  We  are  not  increasing  our  number 
of  horses — merely  removing  them. 

We  shall  stop  the  use  of  water  on  the  premises  west  side  of  Third  avenue,  Sixty- 
sixth  to  Sixty-seventh  streets,  on  the  ist  April.  1868.  We  will  give  the  Depart- 
ment due  notice  of  any  further  buildings  or  uses  for  water. 


This  Company  are  willing  to  pay  for  all  the  water  used.  Please  grant  us  a  one- 
inch  tap,  or  as  large  as  possible.  We  will  pay  anything  that  is  right  for  the  in- 
creased size  above  the  usual  size. 

Please  present  this  to  the  Board  and  oblige  us  with  an  answer  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible, and  much  oblige, 

Yours  respectfully, 

E.  L.  DICKINSON,  Superintendent. 

Whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  34-inch  tap  be  granted  until  the  i  May,  1868,  on  the  pay- 
ment of  one  hundred  dollars  therefor,  and  on  the  condition  that  application  be  made 
to  have  the  tap  now  supplying  the  stables  opposite  the  depot  cut  off  and  plugged 
up  on  the  ist  April,  1868. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


December  9,    1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  the  Sixth.  Seventh,  Eighth  and  Ninth  Clerks  in 
the  Bureau  of  Water  Rents  be  increased  respectively  to  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  on  and  after  the  ist  dav  of  January,  1868. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

December  30,  1867. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

The  following  resolutions  presented  by  Mr.  Stephens  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  force  known  as  the  Croton  Water  Police  be  disbanded  on  the 
ist  day  of  January,  1868,  and  that  the  Clerk  of  this  Board  notify  the  persons  acting 
as  Water  Policemen  that  their  services  will  not  be  required  in  this  Department  after 
the  3ist  inst. 


• 

191 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  of  this  Board  be  directed  to  notify  Chas.  Blauvelt, 
Fourth  Clerk,  and  Thomas  F.  Gilroy,  Sixth  Clerk,  in  the  Bureau  of  Water  Rents, 
that  their  services  will  not  be  required  in  this  Department  after  the  3ist  inst. 

Which  was  laid  over. 

Resolved,  That  the  resignation  of  William  Walsh  as  Water  Purveyor,  to  take 
effect  on  the  ist  day  of  January,  1868,  be  accepted  by  this  Board. 

Resolved,  That  James  McCarty  as  Messenger  in  the  Bureau  of  Water  Rents  at 
a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars  a  year,  to  take  effect  on  the  ist  day  of  January,  1868. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

January  3,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 
The  following  communication  was  received: 

New  York,  December  23,  1867. 
To  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board: 

Gentlemen — The  undersigned  contractors  for  the  cleansing  of  the  receiving 
basins  to  sewers  respectfully  beg  leave  to  call  your  attention  to  the  early 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  their  contract  was  made,  and  in  view  thereof 
hereby  apply  for  a  renewal  thereof  for  a  similar  period  and  on  similar  terms.  They 
cannot  but  believe  that  their  faithfulness  heretofore  in  the  carrying  out  of  their  un- 
dertaking will  be  considered  as  a  good  guarantee  that  they  will  continue  to  do  so  in 
the  future. 

Very  respectfully, 

FOSTER  &  HOLLAND. 
Robert  Foster,  No.  214  East  Nineteenth  street; 

Forbes  Holland,  southwest  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Eighteenth  street. 
John  Foster  and  John  O'Donnell,  securities. 

Whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  hereby  consents  to  a  renewal  for  the 
period  of  four  years  from  the  ist  day  of  January,  1868,  of  the  contract  with  Holland 
&  Foster  for  the  cleaning  of  the  receiving  basins  and  culverts  throughout  the  City  in 
the  manner  and  for  the  terms  and  upon  the  conditions  set  forth  in  the  agreement 


with  said  Holland  &  Foster,  dated  February  27,  1864,  upon  the  express^,  understanding 
that  nothing  herein  or  in  said  agreement  contained  shall  be  construed  by  said  Holland 
&  Foster  as  binding  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York 
to  any  payment  or  payments  on  said  contract,  excepting  to  the  extent  of  such  means 
as  may  be  from  time  to  time  provided  for  such  purpose  by  legislative  action. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  4,   1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven;  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Jacob  S.  Freer  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  a  Commissioner 
under  the  act  (chapter  489)  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  an 
experimental  line  of  railway  in  the  counties  of  New  York  and  Westchester,"  passed 
April  22,  1867. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

January  27,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  the  Water  Cutters  be  increased  to  the  sum  of 
three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  day;  that  the  salary  of  George  W.  Douglass,  Fore- 
man of  the  pipe  yard,  be  increased  to  the  sum  of  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per 
day,  said  increase  to  take  effect  from  this  date. 

Resolved,  That  Joseph  Chappell  be  appointed  as  a  Measurer  at  the  rate  of  $3  per 
day. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


193 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

February    i,    1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Trios.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  paving  of  Canal  street  be  suspended  until  otherwise  or- 
dered by  the  Board;  that  the  Inspectors  employed  on  said  work  be  withdrawn,  and 
that  the  Contract  Clerk  notify  Mr.  Cummings,  the  contractor,  •  of  the  passage 
of  this  resolution. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  28,    1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  following  additional  regulations  in  regard  to  Plumbers  be 
adopted,  viz.: 

First.  No  service  pipe  shall  be  laid  from  any  street  main  to  any  building  at  a 
less  distance  below  the  surface  than  four  feet.  In  case  the  street  main  should 
not  be  low  enough  to  admit  of  the  service  pipe  being  at  that  depth  at  the  point 
of  tapping,  the  service  pipe  must  be  bent  down  so  as  to  retain  the  required  depth 
of  four  feet  as  soon  as  possible. 

Second.  In  repairing  or  uncovering  service  pipes  already  laid,  if  a  plumber 
should  find  that  they  are  not  at  the  specified  depth  (four  feet),  he  will  be  required 
to  lower  them  to  that  depth  before  refilling  the  trench. 

Third.  The  failure  on  the  part  of  any  plumber  to  strictly  conform  to  these 
regulations  will  be  cause  for  the  revocation  of  his  license. 

Adjourned. 


194 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  21,   1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day.  * 

Present— Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  respective  Foremen  of  Companies  Nos.  2,  3, 
4,  8,  9  and  10,  engaged  in  laying  and  repairing  water  pipes,  etc.,  be  increased  to  the 
sum  of  four  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  day,  and  that  no  allowance  be  made 
for  work  done  at  night  or  on  Sundays,  said  increase  to  take  effect  on  and  after 
the  24th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  29,    1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos.  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Chas.  Blauvelt  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Fourth  Clerk 
to  the  Water  Registrar,  and  that  William  Robb  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed 
to  fill  the  place. 

Resolved,  That  Thos.  F.  Gilroy  be  and  he  is  hereby  removed  as  Sixth  Clerk  to 
the  Water  Registrar,  and  that  Geo.  W.  Oakley  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  to  fill 
the  place. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary.        . 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


March  9,    1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thomas  Stephens,  Robert  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven. 

Application  of  Redmond  Joyce  for  extra  allowance  on  contract  for  sewer  in 
Broadway,  near  Forty-seventh  street,  and  also  to  have  his  work  accepted,  was  re- 
ceived; whereupon  it  was 

Moved,  That  Mr.  Joyce  complete  that  portion  of  his  contract  yet  unfinished,  and 
that  when  this  is  done  his  application  be  taken  up  for  consideration. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


195 
CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

April  3,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Thos.  Stephens,  Robt.  L.  Darragh  and  A.  W.  Craven,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Rosslander's  name  be  taken  from  the  payroll  of  the  Sewer- 
age Bureau  for  March,  he  being  unable  to  discharge  his  duties  in  the  Department. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Patrick  Bradburn  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  temporarily  to 
take  the  place  of  Mr.  Rosslander,  and  that  the  wages  be  increased  to  three  dollars, 
and  fifty  cents  per  day. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

May  n,  1868. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Messrs.  Stephens  and  Darragh.     It  was 

Resolved,  That  Thomas  McConkey  be  appointed  General  Inspector  of  Pave- 
ments for  the  east  side  of  the  City  at  a  salary  of  five  dollars  per  day. 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  Messrs.  Noble  and  Cowen,  General  Inspectors 
of  Sewers  and  Pavements,  be  increased  to  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  an- 
num, and  that  the  salary  of  Mr.  Graham,  Secretary  to  the  Bureau  of  Sewers,  be  in- 
creased to  the  sum  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  said  increase 
to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  3ist  day  of  May,  1868. 

Resolved,  That  the  pay  of  all  Foremen  and  Inspectors  employed  by  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Department  at  a  less  rate  than  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  day  be  in- 
creased to  that  sum,  excepting  Inspectors  on  contracts,  whose  pay  was  stipulated  at 
three  dollars  per  day  at  trie  time  of  making  the  contracts. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


196 
CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  11,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
Present — Messrs.  Stephens,  Darragh  and  Craven. 
The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 
By  Mr.  A.  W.  Craven- 
Resolved,  That  Mr.  Hanford  Horton  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  Water  Purveyor 
of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  at  a  salary  of  $3,500  per  year,  which  said  sum  is 
to  cover  all  his  expenses  for  transportation  or  otherwise  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties. 

Resolved,  That  the  appointment  of  a  Water  Purveyor  rendering  the  position 
now  held  by  Mr.  J.  O.  B.  Webster  unnecessary,  Mr.  Webster  be  notified  that  his 
services  are  not  required  after  the  I5th  inst.,  but  that  if  he  prefers  to  remain  until 
th*  ist  of  June  to  aid  the  Water  Purveyor  in  becoming  acquainted  with  the  details 
of  the  water  distribution,  etc.,  his  present  salary  will  be  continued  until  that  date. 

Resolved,  That  J.  O.  B.  Webster  be  allowed  and  paid  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars  for  his  expenses  in  horse  keeping,  etc.,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  for  the 
year  ending  the  I5th  day  of  the  present  month. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  A.  W.  Craven,  Chief  En- 
gineer of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department: 

Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

Office  of  the  Chief  Engineer, 

New  York,  May  n,  1868. 

*  Gentlemen — I  beg  leave  to  tender  my  resignation  of  the  office  of  Commissioner 
and  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department.  -Having  been  identified 
with  this  Department  for  very  nearly  nineteen  years,  it  is  needless  to  say  that  this 
withdrawal  calls  up  feelings  which  cannot  well  be  expressed  in  a  letter  of  resignation, 
but  it  would  be  unjust  to  yourselves  individually  did  I  not  add  that  I  leave  you  with 
a  con.vict.ion,  based  upon  my  experience,  that  the  well-earned  reputation  of  the  Board 
will  not  suffer  under  your  future  management.  With  best  wishes,  I  remain, 

Your  friend  and  obedient  servant, 

A.    W.    CRAVEN. 
To  Messrs.  Thomas  Stephens  and  Robt.  L.  Darragh.  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 

Which  was  accepted,  and  the  following  resolution,  presented  by  Mr.  Darragh. 
wa^  adopter1 : 

Resolved,' That  the  resignation  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Craven  as  Commissioner  and  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted. 


197 

The  following  resolution,  presented  by  Mr.  Stephens,  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Gen.  George  S.  Greene  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  to  the 

office  of  Commissioner  and  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  in 

place  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Craven,  resigned. 

Adjourned. 

RCBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May  12,   1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 

Present — Thos    Stephens  and  Geo.   S.   Greene. 
'The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  adopted:' 

Whereas.  Alfred  W.  Craven,  late  Engineer  Commissioner  of  this  Board,  in- 
tends to  remain  in  this  City  during  a  few  weeks  prior  to  his  departure  for  Europe; 
and 

Whereas,  This  Board  deem  it  advisable  to  have,  during  said  period,  the  aid  of 
his  skill  and  experience  in  the  conduct  of  the  engineering  business  of  this  Depart- 
ment; therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  earnestly  desires  to  retain  Alfred  W.  Craven  as  Ad- 
visory Engineer  during  the  period  of  his  stay  in  this  City,  and  that  he  be  respectfully 
requested  to  act  in  such  capacity  during  said  period,  so  far  as  it  may  be  consistent 
with  his  other  engagements. 

Adjourned. 

RCBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


May  13,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  present  Thomas 
Stephens  and  George  S.  Greene,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Engineer  in 
charge  of  storage  reservoirs  in  Putnam  County  at  a  salary  of  four  thousand  dollars 
per  annum,  and  that  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Emmet  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  as  Princi- 
pal Assistant  Engineer  on  said  works  at  a  salary  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  said  salaries  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  I4th  inst. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD.  * 

May  26,  .868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  rules 
were  adopted: 

The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  do  hereby  establish  the  following  rules  and  regula- 
tions relative  to  the  supply  of  Croton  water  to  distilleries  and  rectifying  establish- 
ments: 

Rule  i.  The  rates  now  or  which  may  hereafter  be  established  for  the  supply  of 
Croton  water  to  distilleries  and  rectifying  establishments  shall  in  all  cases  be  due  and 
payable  for  the  full  period  of  six  months  in  advance,  and  such  rates  shall  be  based  on 
the  estimates  of  the  Engineer  appointed  by  this  Board  for  such  purpose. 

Rule  2.  No  application  for  the  attachment  of  water  meters  to  premises  used  or 
to  be  used  for  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the  preceding  rule  shall  be  granted  by  this 
Board  unless  such  application  shall  have  been  made  to  them  in  writing  at  least  thirty 
days  previously  thereto,  and  then  only  by  and  with  the  unanimous  consent  of  said 
Board. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

May  27,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  this  day,  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  In  view  of  the  urgent  necessity  of  preventing  so  far  as  may  be  prac- 
ticable all  unnecessary  and  wanton  misuse  of  Croton  water  by  the  detection  and  the 
imposition  of  the  proper  penalties  upon  all  persons  who  may  be  found  guilty  of 
violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  Corporation  or  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
this  Department  relative  to  the  supply  and  use  of  water,  and  thereby  of  incidentally 
affording  to  the  public  generally  an  ample  supply  of  water  for  all  legitimate  purposes, 
and  also  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  from  injury  the  public  works  under  the  charge 
of  this  Department,  and  with  the  further  view  of  securing  to  the  City  the  maximum 
of  the  revenues  due  to  it  for  the  supply  of  water,  it  is  deemed  expedient  by  this  Board 
to  create  the  offices  of  Inspectors  and  Measurers  of  Water,  not  exceeding  forty 
in  number,  to  be  attached  to  the  Bureau  of  the  Water  Registrar,  the  duties  thereof 
to  be  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  this  Board  may  from  time  to 
time  adopt;  and 


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Whereas,  In  view  of  the  increasing  business  assigned  to  the  Chief  Clerk  of  this 
Board  and  also  to  the  Contract  Clerk  it  is  very  essential  that  additional  clerical  as- 
sistance be  furnished  to  them;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  hereby  creates  the  offices,  not  exceeding  forty  in 
number,  of  Inspectors  and  Measurers  of  Water  to  be  attached  to  the  Bureau  of  the 
Water  Registrar,  and  who  shall  receive  pay  at  the  rate  of  three  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  per  day  for  each  and  every  working  day  they  may  be  so  employed;  and  it  is 
further 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  hereby  creates  the  offices  of  Assistant  Clerk  to  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Board  and  of  Assistant  Contract  Clerk,  and  that  the  annual  salaries 
of  such  Assistant  Clerks  is  hereby  fixed  at  the  rate  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per 
annum;  it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  will  hereafter,  as  soon  as  may  be  practicable,  select 
such  persons  as  in  their  judgment  may  be  properly  qualified  for  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  said  offices  respectively. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

June  8,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  contractor  for  sewers  in  Fifty-fifth  and  Fifty-eighth  streets, 
between  Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues,  has  failed  to  comply  with  the  notice  heretofore 
sent  to  him  by  direction  of  this  Board,  by  proceeding  with  the  construction  of  said 
sewers  in  accordance  with  the  specifications  of  the  contract  therefor;  and 

Whereas.  This  Board  are  of  opinion  that  said  contractor  is  unnecessarily 
delaying  said  work  and  is  wilfully  violating  the  conditions  and  covenants  of  said 
contract;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  contract  entered  into  by  this  Board  with  John  Kelly  for  the 
construction  of  sewers  in  Fifty-fifth  and  Fifty-eighth  streets,  between  Eighth  and 
Ninth  avenues,  dated  August  15,  1867,  be  and  the  same  is  for  the  reason  set  forth 
in  the  preceding  preamble  hereby  declared  annulled,  and  that  notice  of  such  annul- 
ment be  served  forthwith  upon  said  Kelly  and  his  sureties,  and  that  said  Kelly  be 
directed  to  discontinue  immediately  all  work  under  said  contract;  and  it  is  further 


2OO 

Resolved,  That  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  sewers  be  directed  to  prepare  speci- 
fications for  the  completion  of  the  unfinished  work  under  said  contract,  and  that 
proposals  for  such  completion  be  invited  by  public  advertisement  at  the  earliest 
practicable  day. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

June  9,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
The  following  resolution  presented  by  Mr.  Darragh  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  before  measuring  any  pavement,  bridge,  stone  or  other  work 
under  contracts  for  any  street  improvement,  that  Surveyors  be  required  to  have  a 
certificate  from  the  General  Inspector  appointed  by  this  Board  that  the  work  so  far 
as  laid  is  in  accordance  with  the  contract,  and  they  are  also  directed  not  to  measure 
or  return  any  work  other  than  that  which  is  done  on  a  consecutive  line. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary, 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

June    16,    1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  wherever  any  work  connected  with  the  Water  Pipe  Depart- 
ment is  to  be  done  for  individuals  or  ferries'  the  estimated  amount  of  the  cost  of 
such  work  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Water  Purveyor  before  such  work  is  com- 
menced. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


June  24,   1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  adopted: 

Whereas,  Robert  Jardine,  contractor  for  the  paving  of  West  street,  from 
Chambers  to  Watts  street,  has  wilfully  neglected  to  comply  with  a  notice  from 
this  Board,  served  upon  him  on  the  2Qth  day  of  May  last,  by  not  taking  up  and 
relaying  in  a  proper  manner  such  parts  of  said  pavement  as  were  laid  by  him  under 
his  special  agreement,  dated  December  31,  1867,  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  will,  under  and  in  pursuance  of  the  authority 
granted  to  them  by  said  agreement,  immediately  purchase  such  materials  and  em- 
ploy such  laborers  and  other  persons  as  may  be  necessary  for  and  in  the  prosecution 
of  the  work  so  neglected  by  said  Jardine,  and  that  they  will  deduct  and  pay  such 
expense  as  they  may  incur  in  so  doing  out  of  the  certain  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars  which  said  Jardine  has  authorized  them  to  retain  out  of  his  contract  moneys 
and  to  expend  for  such  purpose. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  following  notice  be  sent  to  Mr.  Robert  Jardine: 

Croton  Aqueduct  Department, 

New  York,  June  24,  1868. 

lo  ROBERT  JARDINE,  Contractor,  etc.: 

Sir — Please  to  take  notice  that  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  are  of  the 
opinion,  and  do  hereby  certify,  that  the  work  under  your  contract  for  the  paving 
of  Second  avenue,  from  Sixty-first  to  Eighty-sixth  street,  has  been  and  is  unneces- 
sarily delayed;  that  you  have  wilfully  violated  the  provisions  of  said  contract,  and 
that  you  are  executing  the  same  in  bad  faith,  and  that  this  Board  for  said  reasons 
have  this  day  declared  said  contract  to  be  annulled.  You  are  further  notified  and 
hereby  directed  to  immediately  discontinue  all  work  under  said  contract. 

Yours,  etc., 

THOS.  STEPHENS, 
ROBT.    L.    DARRAGH, 
GEO.  S.  GREENE, 

Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


2O2 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

July  7,   1868. 
Meeting  held  this  day  at  noon. 

Application  having  been  made  for  a  sewer  in  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second 
street,  between  Third  and  Fourth  avenues,  it  was  agreed  by  the  Board  to  examine 
into  the  matter  personally. 

On  motion,  the  name  of  Thomas  McConkey,  General  Superintendent  of  Pave- 
ments, was  placed  on  salary  payroll. 

A  communication  from  Fernando  Wood,  relative  to  fencing  his  farm  at  Croton 
Lake,  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  Chief  Engineer. 

An  application  from  the  Inspectors  of  Sewer  Connections  for  increase  of  salaries 
was,  on  motion,  denied. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July    14,    1868. 
Meeting  held  this  day  at  noon. 

On  motion,  the  license  of  Geo.  J.  Clan  Ranald,  Plumber,  was  revoked. 
Adjourned. 

RCBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

July  21,  1868. 

On  motion,  it  was  agreed  to  advertise  for  proposals  for  sewer  in  Clinton  street, 
between  Broome  and  Delancey  streets. 

It  was  also  agreed  to  employ  Professor  Chandler  to  make  analysis  of  water. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were,  on  motion,  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  work  under  the  contract  for  paving  Twenty-sixth  street,  between 
Third  avenue  and  East  river,  has  been  and  is  now  wilfully  delayed;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Contract  Clerk  be  and  is  hereby  directed  to  notify  the  con- 
tractor for  said  work  that  said  contract  has  been  this  day  declared  by  this  Board 
annulled. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


203 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

July  24,  1868. 

On  motion,  it  was  agreed  to  direct  W.  E.  Jones  to  repair  pavement  in  Third 
Avenue,  from  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  to  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth 
street,  where  left  defective  under  contract,  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  the  balance  of  the 
amount  retained,  viz.:  one  thousand  and  nine  70-100  dollars. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  work  under  the  contract  for  the  construction  of  sewers  between 
Fifty-first  and  Fifty-sixth  streets  and  between  Ninth  avenue  and  Hudson  river  has 
been,  in  the  opinion  of  this,  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  for  some  time  wilfully  de- 
layed, and,  in  fact,  virtually  abandoned;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  do  hereby  declare  said  contract  to 
be  annulled;  and,  further,  hereby  authorize  and  direct  the  Engineer  in  charge  of 
sewers  to  prepare  plans  and  specifications,  that  the  same  may  be  advertised  as  soon 
as  may  be  practicable  for  proposals  for  the  completion  of  the  unfinished  work  under 
said  contract;  and  it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  preceding  preamble  and  resolution  be  served  upon 
the  representatives  of  the  late  contractor  for  said  sewers,  and  that  the  Inspectors 
employed  thereon  be  withdrawn  therefrom  until  further  notice. 

The  following  resolution  was  also  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  notice  be  served,  by  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  sewers,  on  Wm. 
Baird,  contractor  for  sewer  in  Seventy-fourth  street,  between  Fifth  avenue  and 
the  East  river,  requiring  him  to  repair  said  sewer  at  the  intersection  of  First  avenue 
and  Seventy-fourth  street,  and  that  in  case  of  his  neglect  to  make  said  repairs  to 
the  satisfaction  of  this  Board  on  or  before  August  13,  1868,  that  this  Board  will 
undertake  and  complete  said  repairs  at  his  expense. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


August  6,  1868. 

The  application  from  the  Commissioners  of  Charities  and  Correction  for  ad- 
ditional water  pipes,  free  of  expense,  for  the  islands  under  their  charge  was  re- 
spectfully denied,  there  being  no  authority  vested  in  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to 
grant  such  application. 


204 

A  communication  from  Richard  B.  Connolly,  Comptroller,  was  Deceived,  ask- 
ing that  the  taxes  on  building  No.  101  Bayard  street,  used  as  a  ward  school,  be 
canceled,  the  terms  of  the  lease  being,  the  Comptroller  to  pay  all  water  rents,  and 
was  referred  to  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  as  to  the  authority  of  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct Board  in  the  matter. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  11,  1868. 

The  license  of  Geo.  J.  Clan  Ranald  was,  on  motion,  restored. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  when  permits  are  granted  to  make  any  connections  or  repairs 
of  sewer  connections,  an  Inspector  shall  be  notified  to  inspect  the  plumber  or 
mason  in  doing  his  work,  and  the  Inspectqr  shall  in  every  case  report  to  the  Clerk 
of  Permits  the  result  of  his  inspection,  and  when  any  case  remains  without  report 
for  one  week,  the  Clerk  shall  make  a  special  report  of  the  failure  of  the  Inspector 
to  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  18,  1868. 

A  communication  from  John  H.  Butcher,  a  plumber,  was  received,  and,  on 
motion,  it  was  agreed  by  the  Board  to  renew  his  license  on  his  making  an  affidavit 
to  the  facts  stated  in  his  communication. 

The  following  resolution  was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  the  Contract  Clerk  be  instructed  to  notify  W.  C.  Jardine  to 
proceed  with  the  work  of  paving  Thirty-fourth  street,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh 
avenues,  on  or  before  Monday  the  24th  inst.,  in  default  of  which  said  contract  will 
be  annulled. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


205 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  25,  1868. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Whereas,  Wm.  C.  Jardine,  contractor  for  the  paving  of  Thirty-fourth  street, 
from  Tenth  to  Eleventh  avenue,  has  failed  to  comply  with  the  notice  heretofore  sent 
to  him  to  commence  said  work  on  or  before  Monday,  August  24,  1868,  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  said  contract  be  and  it  is  hereby  declared  annulled,  and  that 
the  Contract  Clerk  be  directed  to  prepare  a  notice  to  that  effect,  to  be  served  upon 
said  Jardine  forthwith. 

Resolved,  That  Robt.  Jardine,  contractor  for  paving  Eighth  avenue,  from 
Forty-second  to  Fifty-eighth  street,  be  notified  that,  inasmuch  said  pavement 
was  not  in  good  repair  at  the  expiration  of  six  months  from  the  date  of  its  com- 
pletion, he  will  be  allowed  until  Monday-,  3ist  inst.,  to  commence  and  complete  the 
repairs  for  which  he  is,  under  his  contract,  responsible,  and  that  should  he  fail 
to  commence  said  repairs  within  that  period  this  Board  will  undertake  and  com- 
plete the  same  at  his  expense i  also  that  William  E.  Noble  will  direct  him  as  to  such 
repairs  as  this  Board  will  require  him  to  make. 

It  was  agreed  to  allow  the  claim  of  James  Everard  for  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars for  extra  work  on  sewer  in  Pearl  street,  between  Beekman  street  and  Peck  slip, 
occasioned  by  the  change  oi  the  line  of  the  sewer. 

Application  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Fire  Commissioners  for  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct Board  to  have,  painted  the  northerly  and  rear  sides  of  the  building  in  the  park 
partly  occupied  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  was  respectfully  denied,  the 
Street  Department  having  control  of  such  repairs  of  buildings  and  the  Croton  Aque- 
duct Board  having  no  appropriation  for  such  purpose. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  i,  1868. 

On  motion,  it  was  agreed  that  the  pay  for  horse  and  wagon  for  Foremen  of  Job- 
bing Gangs,  viz.:  Charles  Decker,  William  Arnold  and  Samuel  White,  be  increased  to 
three  dollars  per  day,  to  date  from  August  24,  1868. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


206 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  22,  1868. 

On  motion,  it  was  agreed  that  a  copy  of  a  communication  received  from  the 
Comptroller,  dated  September  21,  1868,  relative  to  bid  of  Wm.  J.  Babcock  for  paving 
Second  avenue  from  Sixty-first  to  Eighty-sixth  street,  be  transmitted  to  the  Counsel 
to  the  Corporation,  and  his  opinion  asked  as  to  the  manner  the  Board  shall  proceed 
in  this  case  or  future  similar  cases. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  6,    1868. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

"That  no  permits  for  connections  with  sewers  be  granted  until  the  sewer  is  com- 
pleted and  accepted." 

On  motion,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

• 

Whereas,  John  P.  dimming,  contractor  for  the  construction  of  sewers  in  Thirty- 
third  street  and  Tenth  avenue,  with  branches  in  Thirty-first  and  Thirty-second  streets, 
and  First  avenue,  under  the  contract  known  as  No.  I  of  1867,  has  failed  to  prosecute 
said  work  in  accordance  with  the  covenants  and  conditions  of  said  contract;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  do  hereby  declare  said  contract  to  be  annulled  for 
wilful  delay  in  its  prosecution  by  the  said  contractor;  and  it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  preceding  preamble  and  resolution  be  duly  served 
upon  said  contractor  and  that  the  unfinished  work  be  advertised  and  relet  as  soon 
as  may  be  practicable,  and  that  in  the  meantime  the  Inspectors  in  charge  of  said 
work  be  withdrawn. 

This  order  was  carried  into  effect  October  8,  1868. 

The  Clerk  of  the  Board  was  directed  to  file  a  copy  of  plan  for  Sewerage  District 
No.  3  A,  comprising  sewers  in  Thirty-third  and  Thirty-fifth  streets,  from  Tenth  ave- 
nue to  and  through  Eleventh  avenue,  with  branch  in  Tenth  avenue,  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  Common  Council,  the  Comptroller  and  Street  Commissioner  of  The  City  of 
New  York. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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207 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

October  16,  1868. 

The  following  resolution  was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  be  requested  to  advise  us  whether, 
in  case  the  injunction  order  restraining  this  Board  from  further  action  in  the  matter 
of  the  letting  of  two  contracts  for  Nicholson  pavement  under  the  advertisement  of  July 
25  last  be  dissolved,  we  can  proceed  and  open  the  bids  received  for  all  the  pro- 
posed Nicholson  pavements  included  in  that  advertisement  without  a  renewal  thereof, 
the  bids  having  been  laid  over  to  this  date  without  formal  adjournment  of  the  pro- 
posed opening  from  time  to  time  for  the  specific  periods  required  by  the  ordinances. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


October  20,  1868. 

On  motion,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  adopted: 

Whereas,  Mathew  H.  Moore,  contractor  for  the  construction  of  sewers  in  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  street.  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  street  and  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues,  has  omitted  to 
commence  the  construction  of  said  sewers  in  accordance  with  notices  heretofore 
served  upon  him  by  order  of  this  Board,  and,  whereas,  this  Board  is  of  opinion  that 
said  work  has  been  and  is  unnecessarily  and  wilfully  delayed;  therefore 

Resolved,  That,  said  contract  be  and  it  is  hereby  declared  annulled,  and  that  a 
copy  of  the  preceding  preamble  and  of  this  resolution  be  forthwith  served  upon  said 
Moore  and  the  sureties  to  said  contract. 

Mr.  Devlin  appeared  and  made  statement  of  a  claim  for  additional  work  and 
charges  on  sewer  in  Seventieth  street  and  Tenth  avenue,  from  Hudson  river  to  Sev- 
enty-fifth street,  when  it  was  agreed  that  the  matter  should  lie  over  for  further  in- 
vestigation. 

The   following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  whenever  not  less  than  one  hundred  feet  in  length  of  any  sewer  is 
so  far  finished  that  it  can  be  used  for  passing  sewerage  matter,  that  the  Engineer 
in  charge  shall  so  report  to  the  Board,  who  will  at  their  discretion  grant  permits  for 
r  ch  connections  as  are  authorized  by  the  contract. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

November  12,  1868. 

On  motion,  it  was  agreed  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  to  thermit  the  Stafford 
Pavement  Company,  at  their  own  expense,  to  lay  the  Stafford  pavement  in  Wall 
street,  between  Hanover  and  William  streets,  on  the  conditions  that  the  wooden 
blocks  be  prepared  in  conformity  with  the  Seeley  patent,  and  the  usual  bonds  be 
given  to  keep  the  pavement  in  perfect  order  for  one  year.  • 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

November  17,  1868. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  the  following  named  plans  of  sewerage  districts  approved  by 
this  Board  and  dated  September  25  and  26,  1868,  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  Street  Commissioner  and  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York, -as 
required  by  law: 

Sewerage  District  No.  n  A,  comprising  sewer  in  Fourth  avenue,  between  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-second  street  and  Harlem  river,  with  branches  in  One  Hun- 
dred and  Thirty-second  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  20  A,  comprising  sewers  in  Broadway,  between  Worth  and 
Leonard  streets,  and  between  Franklin  and  White  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  10  A,  comprising  sewer  in  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 
street,  between  Avenue  A  and  First  avenue. 

Sewerage  District  No.  20  B,  comprising  sewers  in  Chrystie  street,  between 
Grand  and  Broome  streets;  Broome  street,  between  Elizabeth  and  Mott  streets; 
Jersey  street,  between  Crosby  and  Mulberry  streets,  and  Wooster  street,  between 
Amity  and  Fourth  streets,  and  in  Gay  street,  between  Christopher  street  and  Waverly 
place. 

Sewerage  District  No.  20  C,  comprising  sewers  in  Vandam  street,  between  Green- 
wich and  Macdougal  streets;  Sullivan  street,  between  Broome  and  Spring  streets; 
Watts  street,  between  Greenwich  and  West  streets,  and  in  Washington  street,  from 
Vestry  street,  to  and  through  Laight  street  to  near  Greenwich  street. 

This  order  was  carried  into  effect  November  19,  1868. 


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It  was  also  agreed  to  authorize  the  extension  of  the  sewer  in  Fifth  avenue,  be- 
tween Fifty-second  and  Fifty-fourth  streets,  within  the  limits  authorized  in  the  con- 
tract for  the  same. 

The  Clerk  of  the  Board  was  directed  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner to  the  condition  of  the  pier  foot  of  Twenty-fourth  street,  East  river,  at  which 
the  water  pipes  and  other  heavy  castings  are  delivered  for  the  use  of  the  City,  and 
that  this  Board  desire  that  such  repairs  be  made  to  said  pier  as  may  be  found  neces- 
sary at  an  early  day. 

The  following  resolution  was  also  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  John  O'Donnell,  contractor  for  the  furnishing  of  cast  iron 'man- 
hole frames  and  covers  under  contract  dated  May  18,  1868,  be  forthwith  notified  that 
unless  he  immediately  upon  his  receipt  of  a  copy  of  this  resolution  notifies  this 
Board  in  writing  of  his  intention  to  commence  the  manufacture  and  delivery  of  said 
castings  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  said  contract,  he  will  be  con- 
sidered as  having  abandoned  it,  and  it  will  therefore  be  declared  by  this  Board  an- 
nulled. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


November  20,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  this  day. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  The  Beach  Pneumatic  Transit  Company,  organized  under  an  act  of  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  passed  June  I,  1868,  chapter  842,  Laws  of 
1868,  have  by  their  President,  A.  C.  Beach,  made  formal  application  to  this  Board  for 
approval  of  their  proposed  operations  and  lines  of  location,  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  said  the  Beach  Pneumatic  Transit  Company  have  the  per- 
mission of  this  Board  to  locate  and  construct  their  tube  or  tunnel  from  a  point 
on  Nassau  street,  in  front  of  the  Post  Office,  and  between  Liberty  and  Cedar  streets, 
through  Nassau  street,  and  in  the  middle  of  said  street,  to  near  Cedar  street;  thence 
by  a  curve  to  the  middle  of  Cedar  street  and  along  the  middle  of  Cedar  street  to  near 
Broadway;  thence  on  a  curve  to  the  middle  of  Broadway  and  northwardly  along  the 
middle  of  Broadway  to  Warren  street,  with  connections  with  the  Post  Office  and  with 
the  building  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Warren  street  and  Broadway,  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  said  act. 


2IO 

The  top  of  the  excavation  in  constructing  the  said  pneumatic  tube  <to  be  not  less 
than  two  feet  below  the  bottom  of  any  sewers  or  water  or  gas  pipes  which  may  be  lo- 
cated on  the  line  on  which  said  tube  is  to  be  built;  and  it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  said  company  are  authorized  to  open  the  street  in  Nassau  street  and 
construct  a  vertical  shaft  adjacent  to  the  sidewalk  in  Nassau  street  six  feet  wide  in  a  di- 
rection perpendicular  to  the  street  and  twelve  feet  long  parallel  with  the  street;  said 
shaft  to  be  inclosed  with  a  close  fence,  with  an  opening  on  the  northerly  or  southerly 
side  only,  and  provision  made  to  take  the  water  of  the  gutter  past  said  shaft;  said  shaft 
to  be  used  for  passing  materials  and  air  in  the  construction  of  said  tube;  said  tube  to 
be  constructed  of  brick  laid  in  cement  mortar  or  of  iron  and  of  such  strength  as  shall 
insure  safety  to  the  street  and  to  the  water  and  gas  pipes  and  to  the  sewers  in  all  oi 
the  said  streets;  said  tube  shall  not  have  an  average  diameter  of  more  than  fifty-four 
inches  or  an  area  greater  than  a  circle  of  fifty-four  inches  diameter.  The  extreme  limits 
of  the  excavation  not  to  exceed  seven  feet  in  width  and  eight  and  a  half  feet  in  height. 

No  wooden  support  shall  be  left  in  the  ground  without  special  permission  of  this 
Board.  The  earth  shall  be  firmly  packed  around  the  brick  or  iron  tube  for  every  three 
feet  as  the  tube  is  built,  so  as  to  effectually  prevent  any  settlement  in  the  carriageway 
of  the  street  or  in  the  sewers  and  water  and  gas  pipes.  All  damages  to  the  surface  of 
the  streets  or  to  the  sewers  or  to  the  water  and  gas  pipes  which  shall,  in  the  opinion  of 
this  Board,  be  caused  by  the  construction  of  said  tube  shall  be  at  once  repaired  by  said 
company  before  further  proceeding  with  their  work. 

The  work  of  construction  to  be  at  all  times  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board  or  of  any  Engineer  or  Inspectors  designated  by  them. 

This  Board  will  at  any  time  withdraw  the  authority  to  proceed  with  the  work  of 
construction  of  the  tube  if  at  any  time  they  shall  deem  the  directions  hereby  established 
to  be  violated,  or  that  said  work  is  being  unlawfully  constructed.  Also  provided  that  no 
materials  from  the  excavation  or  for  the  construction  of  said  tube  shall  be  deposited  on 
the  streets,  excepting  within  the  wooden  inclosure,  as  herein  provided  for.  Said 
company  shall  also  pay  for  the  services  of  an  Inspecting  Engineer  to  be  appointed  by 
this  Board  to  see  that  the  work  is  constructed  according  to  law  and  the  directions  of  this 
Board. 

(Signed) 

THOS.  STEPHENS, 
ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH, 
GEO.  S.  GREENE, 

Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 
Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CR.OTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  8,  1868. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  following  buildings  reported  by  the  Engineer  in  charge  of 
meters  as  partially  metered  be  thoroughly  metered,  only  one  tap  to  be  allowed  to  each 
building  or  establishment:  Nos.  417  Broadway,  140  Attorney  street,  19  Cedar  street, 
101  Cliff  street,  73  Fulton  street,  589  Water  street,  172  Rivington  street,  186  East  Twen- 
ty-third street,  382  Second  avenue,  215  East  Twenty-third  street,  586  Washington  street, 
Castle  Garden,  28  Leonard  street,  83  Vandam  street,  420  First  avenue,  440  East  Twenty- 
third  street,  150  or  236  West  Twenty-ninth  street,  Harlem  Railroad  stables,  Thirty-third 
street,  Pier  43,  North  river,  212  West  Twenty-sixth  street. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


December  15,  1868. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  salaries  of  Henry  L.  Robertson,  Chief  Clerk,  and  Alexander 
F.  Dodge,  Contract  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  be  increased  to  three  thou- 
sand five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  the  same  to  date  from  January  I,  1869. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

January  4,  1869. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Eugene  White  be  appointed  Clerk  to  Assistant  Engineer  Exam- 
ining Meters,  at  a  salary  of  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


January   14,   1869. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  of  Sewerage  District  No.  3  B,  comprising  sewer  and 
branches  between  Twenty-third  and  Thirty-second  streets  and  between  Ninth  and 
Eleventh  avenues,  according  to  map  submitted,  be  confirmed,  and  said  district  is 
hereby  established  by  this  Board,  and  that  a  copy  of  said  map  be  filed  respectively 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council,  the  Comptroller,  the  Street  Commissioner 
and.  the  Board  of  Health,  as  required  by  law. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


February  23,    1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  a  communication 
from  Theodore  Weston,  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Sewers,  was  received,  relative  to  the 
condition  of  the  sewer  in  Fifty-sixth  street  at  Eleventh  avenue,  and  the  following 
resolution  was  thereupon  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  the  sewer  in  Fifty-sixth  street  at  Eleventh  avenue,  of  which  com- 
plaint is  made  by  the  Board  of  Health  of  its  bad  condition,  be  repaired  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Sewers,  and  the  expense  of  such  repairs 
to  be  charged  to  appropriation  under  head  of  "Sewers — Repairing  and  Cleaning."  It 
was  also 

Resolved,  That  the  work  of  construction  of  sewers  in  Seventh  avenue  be  put  in 
hand  at  as  early  a  day  as  may  be  found  expedient. 

Adjourned. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


213 

CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

March  2,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  in  all  cases  where  applications  for  vault  permits  are  made  such 
applications  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  plan  drawn  upon  a  scale  of  one-fourth  of  one 
inch  to  one  foot,  showing  the  whole  area  to  be  built,  including  walls,  and  designating 
the  open  area,  if  any,  and  also  the  area  to  be  exclusively  used  for  stairways;  and  in 
case  there  shall  be  any  fire  hydrant  in  front  of  the  premises  where  the  vault  is  to  be 
excavated,  the  position  of  such  hydrant  shall  be  shown  on  such  plan. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


April  9,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  when  contracts  for  pavements  are  made  in  future,  manholes  be 
furnished  and  set  by  this  Department,  the  cost  thereof  to  be  charged  to  appropria- 
tion under  head  of  sewers  repairing  and  cleaning. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


April  21,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  of  Districts  Nos.  10  and  nB  for  sewers  in  Seventh 
avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  and  One  Hundred  and  Forty-sixth 
street?,  be  adopted,  and  that  copies  of  the  plan  be  deposited  as  directed  by  law,  also 
a  copy  of  the  same  be  forwarded  to  the  Central  Park  Commissioners. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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4  May  3,  1869. 

A  copy  of  these  plans  was  this  day  filed  with  the  following  departments,  re- 
spectively: Comptroller,  Street  Commissioner,  Clerk  of  Common  Council,  Board 
of  Health,  Central  Park  Commissioners. 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


CRO10N    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


April  26,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  contractor  for  paving  Third  avenue,  between  Fourteenth 
and  Forty-fourth  streets,  and  Eighty-sixth  and  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  streets,  be 
directed  to  commence  work  under  his  contract  at  four  different  places,  viz.:  Four- 
teenth, Forty-fourth,  Eighty-sixth  and  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  streets,  and  that 
the  additional  Inspectors  be  appointed  from  this  date. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  i,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolution  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  Mathew  Sheridan,  contractor  for  the  paving  of  Twenty-sixth  street, 
from  Third  avenue  to  East  river,  and  Patrick  Farelly,  contractor  for  the  paving  of 
Prince  street,  from  the  Bowery  to  Broadway,  have  severally  failed  to  comply  with 
the  notices  heretofore  sent  to  them  to  commence  and  continue  in  the  prosecution 
of  said  works  in  accordance  with  the  covenants  of  their  respective  contracts;  and 

Whereas,  This  Board  is  of  opinion  that  said  contractors  have  wilfuliv  and  un- 
necessarily delayed  the  prosecution  of  said  works;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  does  hereby  declare  the  said  contracts,  to  wit,  the 
contract  for  paving  Twenty-sixth  street,  from  Third  avenue  to  East  river,  and  the 
contract  for  paving  Prince  street,  from  Broadway  to  Bowery,  to  be  this  day 
annulled:  and  it  is  further 


• 

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Resolved,  That  notice  of  said  annulment  be  served  forthwith  upon  each  of  said 
contractors,  and  that  the  contractor  for  paving  Twenty-sixth  street  be  peremptorily 
forbidden  to  remove  any  of  the  materials  now  on  the  line  of  said  pavement,  and 
that  the  Contract  Clerk  be  directed  to  advertise  immediately  for  the  reletting  of 
said  contracts. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  3,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  this,  day,  the  following  reso 
lution  was  adopted: 

Resolved.  That  the  maps  of  Sewerage  District  No.  2  A,  3  C,  and  6  A,  com- 
prising sewers  in  Seventh  avenue,  between  Greenwich  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street, 
and  Sewerage  District  No.  n  C,  comprising  sewers  in  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
sixth,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  streets, 
between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues,  and  Sewerage  District  No.  II  D,  comprising  sewer 
in  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-first  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues,  be  ap- 
proved, and  that  the  plans  be  filed  according  to  law. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


May  n,  1869. 

A  copy  of  these  plans  was  this  day  filed  with  the  following  Departments,  re- 
spectively: 

Comptroller,    Street   Commissioner,   Clerk  of  Common   Council   and   Board  of 
Health. 

'GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May   10,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted- 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  of  Sewerage  District  No.  10  C,  comprising  sewers  in 
One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth,  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  and  One  Hundred  and 
Seventeenth  streets,  between  Third  and  Fourth  avenues,  as  herewith  submitted,  be 
adopted,  and  copies  of  maps  of  said  plan  be  filed  according  to  law. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


May  11,  1869. 

A  copy  of  these  plans  was  this  day  filed  with  the  following  Departments  re- 
spectively: 

Comptroller,  Street  Commissioner,  Clerk  Common  Council  and  Board  of  Health. 
iGEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


May  n,  1869. 

A  copy  of  the  following  plans  of  sewerage  districts  was  filed  this  day  with  the 
Board  of  Health,  in  addition  to  those  adopted  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board 
May  3  and  10,  1869:  Sewerage  District  No.  20  A,  comprising  sewers  in  Broad- 
way, between  Worth  and  Leonard  streets,  and  between  Franklin  and  White  streets. 
No.  10  A,  comprising  sewer  in  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  street,  between  Avenue 
A  and  First  avenue.  No.  20  B.  comprising  sewers  in  Chrystie  street,  between  Grand 
and  Broome  streets;  Broome  street,  between  Elizabeth  and  Mott  streets;  Jersey 
street,  between  Crosby  and  Mulberry  streets;  Wooster  street,  between  Amity  and 
Fourth  streets;  Gay  street,  between  Christopher  and  West  Waverley  place.  No.  20  C, 
comprising  sewers  in  Vandam  street,  between  Greenwich  and  Macdougal  streets; 
Sullivan  street,  between  Broome  and  Spring  streets;  Watts  street,  between  Green- 
wich and  West  streets,  and  in  Washington  street,  from  Vestry  street  to  and  through 
Laight  street  to  near  Greenwich  street.  No.  n  A,  comprising  sewers  in  Fourth  ave- 
nue, between  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  street,  and  Harlem  river,  with 
branches  in  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third 
streets. 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  13,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  of  Sewerage  District  No.  22A,  as  per  map  submitted,  be 
adopted  by  this  Board,  and  copies  of  said  map  be  filed  with  the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of 
the  Common  Council,  Street  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health,  respectively. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


May  14,  1869. 

Maps  of  the  above  plan  of  Sewerage  District  No.  22A,  comprising  sewers  in 
Eldridge  street,  between  Delancey  and  Rivington  streets;  Clinton,  street,  between 
Broome  and  Delancey  streets;  Columbia  street,  between  Delancey  and  Rivington 
streets;  Henry  street,  between  Gouverneur  and  Grand  streets;  Monroe  street,  be- 
tween Jacksort  and  Corlears  streets,  and  in  Cherry  street,  between  Corlears  and  East 
streets,  were  this  day  filed  in  accordance  with  the  above  resolution. 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct  Board. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  21,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  for  Sewerage   Districts   Nos.  4A,  22^,  2oD,   loF  and 
joE  be  adopted,  and  that  copies  thereof  be  filed  according  to  law. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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May  21,    1869. 

Maps  of  the  foregoing  plans  of  Sewerage  Districts,  comprising  sewers  as  follows, 
were  this  day  filed  with  the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council,  Street  Com- 
missioner and  Board  of  Health,  respectively:  Sewerage  Districts  No.  4A  and  226, 
comprising  sewers  in  Water  street,  between  James  and  Oliver  streets;  Monroe 
street,  between  Montgomery  and  Gouverneur  streets;  Pitt  street,  between  Broome 
and  Delancey  streets;  Clinton  street,  between  Grand  and  Division  streets;  Grand 
street,  between  Ridge  and  Cannon  streets;  Mangin  and  Goerck  streets,  between 
Grand  and  Broome  streets,  and  Goerck  street,  between  Manton  and  Houston 
streets;  Manhattan  lane,  between  Houston  and  Third  streets,  and  in  Avenue  B,  be- 
tween Third  and  Fourth  streets  and  Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  2oD,  comprising  sewers  in  Bedford  street,  between  Chris- 
topher and  Grove  streets;  Varick  street,  between  Spring  and  Houston  streets; 
Broome  and  Grand  streets,  between  Sullivan  and  Thompson  streets;  Spring  street, 
between  Mulberry  and  Crosby  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loF,  comprising  sewers  between  Eighty-ninth  and 
Ninety-fifth  streets,  and  between  Second  and  Fourth  avenues. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loE,  comprising  sewers  in  Second  avenue,  between 
Eighty-sixth  and  Ninetieth  streets,  with  branch  in  Eighty-seventh  street,  between 
Second  and  Third  avenues. 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Aqueduct  Board. 
ROBERT    L.    DARRAGH,    Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


May  25,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  public  notice  be  given  that  this  Board  will  make  contracts  with 
parties  holding  ^the  right  to  lay  the  Fisk  concrete  pavement  under  the  ordinances 
of  the  Common  Council  in  One  Hundred  and  Seventeenth  street,  from  Avenue  A 
to  Harlem  river;  One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  street,  from  Avenue  A  to  Fourth 
avenue;  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-third  street,  from  Second  avenue  to  Third 
avenue;  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  from  Eighth  avenue  to  Harlem  river; 
OrTe  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  street,-  from  Third  avenue  to  Sixth  avenue,  and 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  street,  from  Second  avenue  to  Third  avenue. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


June  17,  1869. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Whereas,  James  Saxton,  contractor  for  the  paving  of  Third  avenue,  from  Four- 
teenth to  Forty-fourth  street,  in  disregard  of  notices  heretofore  given  to  him, 
persists  in  the  willful  violation  of  the  covenants  and  conditions  of  his  contract,  and 
is,  in  our  opinion,  prosecuting  the  work  under  said  contract  in  bad  faith;  therefore 
it  is  hereby 

Resolved,  That  the  contract  made  with  James  Saxton  for  the  construction  of  a 
stone  block  pavement  in  Third  avenue,  between  Fourteenth  and  Forty-fourth 
streets,  be  and  it  is  hereby  declared  annulled,  and  that  notice  to  this  effect  be 
served  forthwith  upon  said  contractor,  and  that  he  be  directed  immediately  to  dis- 
continue all  work  under  said  contract. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

•%  August  3,  1869. 

The  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  met  this  day,  when  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  for  sewerage  and  drainage  of  that  portion  of  the  City 
included  in  the  area  bounded  on  the  west  by  Fifth  avenue,  east  by  Fourth  avenue, 
south  by  Fifty-ninth  street  and  north  by  Sixty-fifth  street,  be  modified  as  shown 
on  the  plan  approved  on  August  2,  1869,  and  that  said  plan  be  adopted  as  an  ad- 
ditional plan  for  the  sewerage  and  drainage  of  District  No.  6B,  comprising  under- 
ground drains  between  Fifty-ninth  and  Sixty-fourth  streets,  and  Fourth  and  Fifth 
avenues,  and  that  the  maps  of  the  same  be  filed  according  to  law. 

A  copy  of  these  maps  was  filed  with  the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  the  Common 
Council,  Street  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health,  respectively,  this  2Oth  August, 
1869- 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Aqueduct  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  for  the  following  sewerage  districts,  as  per  maps  submit- 
ted, be  adopted  by  this  Board,  and  that  copies  of  the  said  maps  be  filed  with  the 


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Comptroller,    Clerk   of  the    Common    Council,    Street    Commissioner   and    Board    of 
Health,  respectively,  viz.: 

Sewerage  District  No.  I  A.  comprising  sewer  in  Eighty-first  street,  from 
Ninth  avenue  to  and  through  Eighth  avenue  to  near  Eighty-fifth  street. 

Sewerage.  District  No.  3D,  comprising  sewers  in  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues, 
between  Thirty-first  and  Thirty-second  streets,  and  in  Seventh  avenue,  between 
Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loD,  comprising  sewers  between  One  Hundred  and 
Tenth  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventeenth  streets,  and  between  First  and  Fourth 
avenues. 

Sewerage  District  No.  2oF  and  2iA,  comprising  sewers  in  Washington  and 
Greenwich  streets,  between  Desbrosses  and  Canal  streets,  Caroline  street,  between 
Duane  and  Jay  streets;  Leonard  street,  between  Broadway  and  Elm  street;  Centre 
Market  place,  between  Grand  and  Broome  streets,  and  Broome  street,  between 
Centre  and  Mulberry  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loj,  comprising  sewers  between  One  Hundred  and 
Fifteenth  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  streets,  and  between  Avenue  A  and 
Fourth  avenue. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

A  cojjy  of  these  maps  was  filed  with  the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  the  Common 
Council.  Street  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health,  this  August  6,  1869. 

GEORGE  F,  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Aqueduct  Board. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

August  15,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  rf^olu- 
tion  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  J.  E.  Taylor  and  P.  Lorillard  be  permitted  to  take  up 
?nd  relay  the  sewer  in  Thirty-sixth  street  from  a  point  where  the  pipe  sewer  begins, 
about  one  hundred  feet  west  of  Fifth  avenue,,  to  where  it  curves  up  the  Fifth 
avenue,  under  the  direction  of  the  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Sewers,  and  on  such  grade 
as  he  may  approve,  and  also  to  extend  an  eight-inch  earthen  pipe  from  the  curve  of 
said  sewer  eastward  across  Fifth  avenue,  through  Thirty-sixth  street  to  a  point  one 
hundred  and  sixty-five  feet  from  Fifth  avenue,  this  permit  to  be  granted  en  the 
usual  bonds  for  opening  the  street  being  given. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 


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CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


August  20,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  permits  for  placing  fire  hydrants  in  buildings  for  use  in  case  of 
fire  only,  that  may  hereafter  be  granted  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  shall  be  for 
no  specified  time  but  that  when  in  the  judgment  of  said  Board  the  interests  of  the 
Department  demand  it,  said  hydrants  shall  be  removed  at  once. 

That  such  hydrants  shall  be  securely  sealed,  which  seal  shall  only  be  broken  by 
an  accredited  officer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  except  in  case  of  fire  .on 
the  premises  or  in  dangerous  proximity  thereto;  and  that,  in  the  event  of  the  breaking 
of  such  seal;  except  by  such  officer,  notice  in  writing  shall  be  given  to  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Department  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  under  the  penalty  of  a 
fine  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  omission. 

That  the  charge  for  such  permits  for  fire  hydrants  be  at  the  rate  of  fifty  dollars 
per  year  each,  payable  in  advance  on  the  ist  day  of  May  of  each  year. 

That  the  placing  of  such  fire  hydrants  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  Water 
Purveyor,  who  shall  designate  the  number  and  situation  of  such  shut-offs  or  stop- 
cocks as  may  in  his  judgment  be  necessary. 

That  these  regulations  be  posted  conspicuously  on  each  fire  hydrant  placed  in  a 
building  under  such  permit. 

It  was  also 

Resolved,  That  the  Engineer  in  Charge  of  Meters  be  instructed  to  cause  the  fire 
hydrants  placed  on  premises  for  use  in  case  of  fire  to  be  examined  at  least  once  a 
month  and  report  to  this  Board  immediately  on  discovery  of  any  violation  of  the 
regulations  applying  to  the  use  of  such  fire  hydrants. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


•  August  20,  1869. 

The  following  plans  of  sewerage  districts  as  per  maps  submitted  were  this  day 
adopted  by  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  and  copies  of  the  same  ordered  to  be  filed 
with  the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council,  Street  Commissioner  and 
Board  of  Health,  respectively: 

Sewerage  District  No.  3  D,  comprising  sewers  in  Tenth  avenue,  between 
Twenty-eighth  and  Twenty-ninth  streets.  Sewerage  District  No.  100,  comprising 


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receiving  basins  at  southwest  corner  Hudson  and  Desbrosses  streets,4  northwest 
corner  Centre  and  White  streets,  southwest  corner  Centre  and  Duane  streets,  south- 
east corner  Centre  and  Reade  streets,  southwest  corner  Beekman  and  Front  streets, 
northwest  corner  Fulton  and  South  streets,  southwest  corner  William  and  Cedar 
streets,  southeast  corner  Madison  and  James  streets,  northwest  corner  Park  and 
Little  Water  streets,  northwest  corner  Park  and  Mulberry  streets,  southwest  corner 
Pearl  and  Hague  streets,  northwest  corner  Amity  and  Wooster  streets,  northeast 
corner  University  place  and  Twelfth  street,  southeast  corner  Broadway  and  Twelfth 
street,  southeast  corner  Broadway  and  Twenty-third  street,  northeast  corner  Broad- 
way and  Thirty-sixth  street,  southwest  corner  Irving  place  and  Fifteenth  street, 
southwest  corner  Irving  place  and  Eighteenth  street,  northwest  corner  Irving  place 
and  Eighteenth  street,  southwest  corner  Irving  place  and  Nineteenth  street,  north- 
west corner  Second  avenue  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  southeast  corner  Third  avenue 
and  Sixteenth  street,  southeast  corner  Third  avenue  and  Thirty-ninth  street,  south- 
west corner  Fourth  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  northeast  corner  Fourth  avenue  and 
Fourteenth  street,  northwest  corner  Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-sixth  street,  north- 
west corner  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-third  street,  northeast  corner  Fifth  avenue  and 
Thirty-fourth  street,  northeast  corner  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-fifth  street,  northeast 
corner  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-seventh  street,  northeast  corner  Fifth  avenue  and 
Fortieth  street,  northeast  corner  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-fifth  street,  southeast  cor- 
ner Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-fifth  street,  southeast  corner  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-sixth 
street,  southeast  corner  Minetta  street  and  Minetta  lane,  northeast  corner  Sixth  ave- 
nue and  Minetta  lane,  southeast  corner  Sixth  avenue  and  Eighth  street,  northeast 
corner  Eighth  avenue  and  Thirty-fifth  street,  southeast  corner  Ninth  avenue  and 
Thirty-eighth  street,  and  northeast  corner  Ninth  avenue  and  Forty-first  street. 

Sewerage  District  No.  7A,  comprising  outlet  sewers  in  Sixty-first  street  at 
East  river  and  in  Avenue  A,  between  Sixty-first  and  Seventy-first  streets,  with 
branches. 

Sewerage  District  No.  4C  and  22C,  comprising  sewers  in  Duane  street,  be- 
tween William  and  Rose  stiee<s;  vlaaibon  stieet,  between  Gouverneur  and  Mont- 
gomery streets;  Goerck  and  Norfolk  streets,  between  Rivington  and  Stanton  streets; 
Sheriff  street,  between  Stanton  and  Houston  streets;  Prince  street,  between  Mott 
and  Mulberry  streets;  Avenue  A,  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  and  in  First 
avenue,  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loG,  comprising  sewers  in  Third  avenue,  between  Ninety- 
third  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  loK,  comprising  sewers  in  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth 
street,  between  First  and  Third  avenues;  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  street,  be- 
tween Third  and  Fourth  avenues,  and  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  street,  between 
Avenue  A  and  Harlem  river,  with  branches. 


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Sewerage  District  No.  46,  comprising  sewer  in  Seventh  street,  between  First 
avenue  and  Avenue  B,  and  Sewerage  District  No.  loL,  comprising  sewers  in  Fifth 
avenue,  between  Eighty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  streets. 

Copies  of  foregoing  maps  were  filed  with  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  Common  Council, 
Street  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health,  respectively,  September  6,  1869. 

GEORGE  F.  DOAK,  Assistant  Clerk,  Aqueduct  Board. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

September  i,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  res- 
olution was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  W.  H.  Quincy  be  notified  that  if  the  pavement  work  contracted 
for  with  him  be  not  in  full  progress  on  or  before  Monday,  September  6,  1869,  this 
Board  will  proceed  to  annul  said  contracts;  also 

Resolved,  That  the  rate  for  repairing  pavements  be  fixed  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar 
per  square  yard,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  directed  to  forward  to  Comptroller 
a  schedule  of  charges  that  may  have  been  incurred  by  such  repairs. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROiON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

September  9,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  preamble 
and  resolution  were  adopted,  and  a  copy  thereof  directed  to  be  served  upon  W.  H. 
Quincy,  contractor: 

Whereas,  W.  H.  Quincy,  the  contractor  to  whom  was  awarded  on  the  22d  of 
May  last  contracts  for  the  construction  of  stone  block  pavements  in  the  following 
localities,  to  wit: 

Seventieth  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth  avenues;  Forty-fourth  street,  be- 
tween Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues;  Fifty-fifth  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues; 
Sixtieth  street,  between  Lexington  and  Fifth  avenues;  Fiftieth  street,  between  Sixth 
and  Seventh  avenues;  Seventeenth  street,  between  Sixth  avenue  and  Broadway; 
Ninth  street,  between  Sixth  avenue  and  Broadway;  Twenty-sixth  street,  between 
Sixth  and  Eighth  avenues;  Eighteenth  street,  between  Sixth  and  Eighth  avenues; 


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Avenue  A,  between  Houston  and  Fourteenth  street,  and  Twentieth  street,  between 
Sixth  and  Tenth  avenues, 

— has,  in  violation  of  the  terms  of  said  contract,  failed  to  commence  the  prosecution 
of  the  work  under  the  same,  notwithstanding  the  service  upon  him  from  time  to 
time  heretofore  of  notices  so  to  do;  and 

Whereas,  In  the  opinion  of  this  Board  said  W.  H.  Quincy  is  unnecessarily  de- 
laying the  construction  of  said  works  and  is  wilfully  violating  the  conditions  and 
covenants  of  said  contracts;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  said  contracts  be  and  they  are  hereby  declared  respectively  an- 
nulled, and  that  notice  to  this  effect  be  served  upon  said  Quincy  and  that  he  be 
directed  to  discontinue  all  work  under  said  contracts. 

ROBT.   L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  24,   1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted- 

Resolved,  That  Chas.  Decker,  Foreman  Repair  Gang  known  as  Third  Com- 
pany, be  allowed  five  dollars  per  day  for  use  of  horse  and  wagon,  in  consideration  of 
the  district  to  which  he  is  assigned  being  enlarged  by  the  disbandment  of  anothei 
company,  the  advance  to  date  from  September  20,  1869. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 


September  28,  1869. 

A  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  was  held  this  day  and  the  following 
resolution  passed: 

Resolved,  That  the  use  of  Croton  water  for  the  purpose  of  wetting  or  sprink- 
ling streets,  avenues  or  roads  is  hereby  prohibited  until  further  ordered  by  this 
Board. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

September  28,  1869. 

The  contract  for  excavating  ditch,  making  embankment  and  laying  20  and  6  inch 
water  pipes,  stop  cocks  and  appurtenances  was  this  day  awarded  to  John  L.  Brown. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON   AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  6,  1869. 

A  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  was  held  this  day,  and  the  follow- 
ing resolution  passed: 

Resolved,  That  the  order  promulgated  on  28th  September,  1869,  prohibiting  the 
use  of  Croton  water  for  sprinkling  streets,  roads  and  avenues  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  rescinded. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT    BOARD. 

October  9,  1869. 

The  following  resolution  -was  passed  at  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board  held  this  day: 

Resolved,  That  the  following  plans  of  sewerage  districts,  as  per  maps  submitted, 
be  approved  by  this  Board,  and  copies  of  the  same  be  filed  with  the  Comptroller, 
Clerk  of  the  Common  Council,  Street  Commissioner  and  Metropolitan  Board  of 
Health,  respectively: 

Sewerage  District  No.  3,  complete. 

Sewerage  District  No.  12  A,  comprising  sewer  in  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
ninth  street,  between  Tenth  avenue  and  Manhattan  street. 

Sewerage  District  No.  4  D  and  22  D.  comprising  sewers  in  Lewis  street,  be- 
tween Third  and  Fourth  streets,  and  in  Goerck  street,  between  Delancey  and  kiving- 
ton  streets. 

Sewerage  District  No.  n  E,  comprising  sewer  in  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
seventh  street,  between  Fourth  and  Third  avenues,  with  branch  in  Fourth  avenue. 

Sewerage  District  No.  20  G,  comprising  sewers  in  Hudson  and  Bleecker  streets, 
between'  Christopher  and  West  Tenth  streets,  Barrow  street,  between  Bedford  and 


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Bleecker  streets;  Greenwich  street,  between  Horatio  and  Gansevoort,4  and  in  Ninth 
avenue,  between  Gansevoort  and  Thirteenth  streets. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 

These  plans  were  filed  with  the  Comptroller,  on  5th  November,  1869,  by  James 
McCarthy,  Clerk,  Common  Council;  the  Street  Commissioner,  on  6th  November, 
1869,  by  George  F.  Doak,  and  the  Board  of  Health,  on  gth  November,  1869,  by 
George  F.  Doak. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

November  5,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  was 
agreed  to: 

Whereas,  The  Common  Council  has  directed  the  withdrawal  of  the  following 
work  on  pavements  advertised  for  bids,  to  wit:  Twenty-sixth  street  from  Sixth  to 
Eighth  avenue,  Thirty-ninth  street  from  Third  to  Lexington  avenue,  Fifty-fifth  street 
from  Fifth  to  Sixth  avenue,  Maiden  lane  from  Broadway  to  South  street,  Seventeenth 
street  from  Sixth  avenue  to  Broadway,  Avenue  A  from  Houston  to  Fourteenth 
street,  Twentieth  street  between  Sixth  and  Tenth  avenues,  and  the  Corporation 
Counsel  has  advised  that  said  bids  be  left  unopened  and  filed  in  the  archives  of  this 
Department;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  disposition  be  made  of  said  bids  in  accordance  with  advice  of 
Corporation  Counsel. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH.  Secretary. 

CROTON   AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

November  26,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  application  of  the  New  York  and  Harlem  Railroad  Company 
foi  the  removal  of  water  pipes  which  are  laid  within  the  lines  of  the  Passenger 
Building  to  be  erected  on  the  blocks  between  Forty-second  and  Forty-fifth  streets 
and  the  new  westerly  line  of  Fourth  avenue,  and  the  fire  hydrant  at  northwes.t  corner 
of  Forty-second  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  be  granted  and  the  Water  Purveyor  be 
instructed  to  remove  the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  New  York  and  Harlem  Rail- 
road Company. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


November  27,  1869. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day    it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  George  F.  Doak,  Assistant  Clerk,  Croton  Aqueduct 

Board,  be  increased  to  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  to  date  from  January  I,  1870; 

it  was  also 

Resolved,  That  the  claim  of  Low,  Smith  &  Watkins,  amounting  to  one  hundred 

and  fifty  dollars,  for  counsel  fee,  costs  and  professional  services  in  the  cases  of  John 

Byrne  against  Thos.  McConkey,  and  James  Rourke  against  same,  be  allowed  and 

the  same  be  drawn  from  Contingent  Fund. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

January  29,  1870. 

Messrs.  Darragh  and  Greene  having  received  a  writ  of  mandamus  from  New 
York  Supreme  Court  to  open  the  bids  for  paving  Seventh  avenue  with  Stafford  pave- 
ment, said  bids  were  this  day  opened  in  the  presence  of  the  Comptroller.  Two  bids 
were  offered.  One  by  James  P.  Levy  was  found  to  be  informal,  and  by  order  of  the 
Board  was  sealed  and  placed  on  file,  the  seals  to  be  broken  only  by  order  of  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board.  The  other  bid,  by  Joseph  A.  Monheimer,  as  follows,  was  sent  to 
Comptroller  for  approval  of  sureties : 

For  pavement,  per  square  yard,  six  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

For  furnishing  and  laying  new  bridge  stones,  per  superficial  foot,  one  dollar  and 
forty  cents. 

For  relaying  bridge  stones,  per  superficial  foot,  thirty-five  cents. 

Time  for  completion  of  work,  five  hundred  days. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON    AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

February  5,  1870. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  it  was 
Resolved,  That  Theodorus  McLeod  be  and  is  hereby  appointed  Assistant  Registrar, 
Croton  Aqueduct  Department,  in  the  place  of  the  Hon.  Alex.  McLeod,  deceased. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 


March  5,  1870. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board  held  this  day  the  following  resolution 
was  agreed  to : 

Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  Engineer  to  take  charge  of  the  engines  for  the 
high  service  of  High  Bridge  shall  be  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  dollars  per  month, 
commencing  when  the  Engineer  commences  to  work  for  the  Corporation. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


CROTON  AQUEDUCT   BOARD. 

April  9,  1870. 

The  following  plans  of  sewerage  districts  were  this  day  adopted  by  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Board  and  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  was  directed  to  file  maps  of  said  plans  with 
the  Comptroller,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council,  Street  Commissioner  and  Board  of 
Health,  respectively,  viz. :  Sewerage  Districts  Nos.  4  and  22,  Sewerage  District  No.  9, 
Sewerage  District  Nos.  10  and  n,  Sewerage  District  No.  13,  Sewerage  District  No.  14, 
Sewerage  District  No.  20  and  Sewerage  District  No.  21. 

ROBT.  L.  DARRAGH,  Secretary. 


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